SHA-68 is a
drug which acts as a
selective, non-
peptide
Peptides (, ) are short chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds. Long chains of amino acids are called proteins. Chains of fewer than twenty amino acids are called oligopeptides, and include dipeptides, tripeptides, and tetrapeptides.
...
antagonist at the
neuropeptide S
Neuropeptide S (NPS) is a neuropeptide found in human and mammalian brain, mainly produced by neurons in the amygdala and between Barrington's nucleus and the locus coeruleus, although NPS-responsive neurons extend projections into many other br ...
receptor
Receptor may refer to:
* Sensory receptor, in physiology, any structure which, on receiving environmental stimuli, produces an informative nerve impulse
*Receptor (biochemistry), in biochemistry, a protein molecule that receives and responds to a ...
NPSR. In animal studies it reduced motor stereotypes, and blocks the
stimulant action of neuropeptide S.
[Fukatsu K, Nakayama Y, Tarui N, Mori M, Matsumoto H, Kurasawa O, Banno H. Bicyclic Piperazine Compound and Use Thereof. PCT Patent WO 2005/021555 A1. Published 26.08.2004]
See also
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Neuropeptide S receptor
The neuropeptide S receptor (NPSR) is a member of the G-protein coupled receptor superfamily of integral membrane proteins which binds neuropeptide S (NPS). It was formerly an orphan receptor, GPR154, until the discovery of neuropeptide S as the e ...
References
Fluoroarenes
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