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, 2012, 'Macrophage inhibitory cytokine 1 (MIC-1/GDF15) decreases food intake, body weight and improves glucose tolerance in mice on normal & obesogenic diets.', PLoS One, 7, pp. e34868, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034868
, 2012, 'Neuropeptide Y and peptide YY have distinct roles in adult mouse olfactory neurogenesis', Journal of Neuroscience Research, 90, pp. 1126 - 1135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jnr.23008
, 2012, 'Neuropeptide Y modulates fear and fear extinction in distinct nuclei of the amygdala', BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2050-6511-13-s1-a87
, 2012, 'Neuropeptide Y1 receptor in immune cells regulates inflammation and insulin resistance associated with diet-induced obesity.', Diabetes, 61, pp. 3228 - 3238, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/db12-0156
, 2012, 'Neuroprotection by neuropeptide Y in cell and animal models of Parkinson's disease', Neurobiology of Aging, 33, pp. 2125 - 2137, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21816512
, 2012, 'NPY controls fear conditioning and fear extinction by combined action on Y 1 and Y 2 receptors', British Journal of Pharmacology, 166, pp. 1461 - 1473, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.01872.x
, 2012, 'NPY modulates PYY function in the regulation of energy balance and glucose homeostasis.', Diabetes Obes Metab, 14, pp. 727 - 736, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-1326.2012.01592.x
, 2012, 'NPY receptor subtype specification for behavioral adaptive strategies during limited food access', Genes Brain and Behavior, 11, pp. 105 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1601-183X.2011.00732.x
, 2012, 'NPY: Beyond the regulation of energy metabolism', Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 6, pp. 2 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2012.08.005
, 2012, 'Peptide YY and neuropeptide Y in regulation of pain and spatial learning and memory', BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2050-6511-13-s1-a58
, 2012, 'Secretoneurin, substance P and neuropeptide Y in the oxygen-induced retinopathy in C57Bl/6N mice', Peptides, 37, pp. 252 - 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2012.07.024
, 2012, 'The role of NPY and Ghrelin in anorexia nervosa', Current Pharmaceutical Design, 18, pp. 4766 - 4778, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22632858
, 2011, 'Endogenous peptide YY and neuropeptide y inhibit colonic ion transport, contractility and transit differentially via Y1 and Y2 receptors', British Journal of Pharmacology, 164, pp. 471 - 484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01401.x
, 2011, 'Hypothalamus-specific deletion of Y1 and Y5 receptors EXACERBATES high fat diet-induced obesity', Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 5, pp. 41 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2011.08.134
, 2011, 'In adults with Prader-Willi syndrome, elevated ghrelin levels are more consistent with hyperphagia than high PYY and GLP-1 levels', Neuropeptides, 45, pp. 301 - 307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.npep.2011.06.001
, 2011, 'Kappa opioid receptor activation blocks progressive neurodegeneration after kainic acid injection', Hippocampus, 21, pp. 1010 - 1020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hipo.20813
, 2011, 'Modulation of taste sensitivity and feeding by oral PYY signaling', Appetite, 57, pp. s24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2011.05.204
, 2011, 'Neuropeptide Y and peptide YY: important regulators of energy metabolism.', Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes, 18, pp. 56 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MED.0b013e3283422f0a
, 2011, 'Neuropeptide Y Y2 receptors modulate trace fear conditioning and spatial memory in the dorsal hippocampus', BMC Pharmacology, 11, pp. a2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2210-11-s2-a2
, 2011, 'NPY receptors as potential targets for anti-obesity drug development', British Journal of Pharmacology, 163, pp. 1170 - 1202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01363.x
, 2011, 'Reduced fear conditioning after viral vector mediated neuropeptide Y administration into the basolateral amygdala', BMC Pharmacology, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2210-11-s2-a3
, 2011, 'Response properties of the electrosensory neurons in hindbrain of the white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus', Neurosci Bull, 27, pp. 422 - 429
, 2011, 'Salivary PYY: A putative bypass to satiety', PLoS One, 5, pp. Article no. e26137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026137
, 2011, 'Sex-dependent control of murine emotional-affective behaviour in health and colitis by peptide YY and neuropeptide y', British Journal of Pharmacology, 163, pp. 1302 - 1314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01326.x
, 2011, 'The neuropeptide y system: Pathophysiological and therapeutic implications in obesity and cancer', Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 131, pp. 91 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pharmthera.2011.03.011
, 2011, 'Y1 signalling has a critical role in allergic airway inflammation', Immunology and Cell Biology, 89, pp. 882 - 888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/icb.2011.6
, 2010, 'Synthesis of Neuropeptide Y analogues as PET imaging agents', JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE, 16, pp. 89 - 89, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000281610800213&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
, 2010, 'NPY neuron-specific Y2 receptors regulate adipose tissue and trabecular bone but not cortical bone homeostasis in mice.', PLoS One, 5, pp. e11361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011361
, 2010, 'Peptide YY is critical for acylethanolamine receptor Gpr119-induced activation of gastrointestinal mucosal responses.', Cell Metab, 11, pp. 532 - 542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2010.04.014
, 2010, 'Acoustic startle response and sensorimotor gating in a genetic mouse model for the NPY Y1 receptor.', Neuropeptides, 44, pp. 233 - 239
, 2010, 'Additive actions of the cannabinoid and neuropeptide Y systems on adiposity and lipid oxidation.', Diabetes Obes Metab, 12, pp. 591 - 603, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-1326.2009.01193.x
, 2010, 'Adult-onset hippocampal-specific neuropeptide Y overexpression confers mild anxiolytic effect in mice', European Neuropsychopharmacology, 20, pp. 164 - 175
, 2010, 'Critical role for ghrelin, but not PYY or GLP-1, in Prader–Willi syndrome hyperphagia', Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 4, pp. S6 - S6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2010.09.013
, 2010, 'Delayed stress-induced differences in locomotor and depression-related behaviour in female neuropeptide-Y Y1 receptor knockout mice', Journal of Psychopharmacology, 24, pp. 1541-9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269881109104851
, 2010, 'Endogenous dynorphin in emotional control and stress response revisited', BMC Pharmacology, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2210-10-s1-a32
, 2010, 'Evidence from knockout mice that neuropeptide-Y Y2 and Y4 receptor signalling prevents long-term depression-like behaviour caused by immune challenge', Journal of Psychopharmacology, 24, pp. 1551 - 1560
, 2010, 'Gastrointestinal peptides and bone health.', Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes, 17, pp. 44 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MED.0b013e3283344a05
, 2010, 'Lack of Y6 receptor signaling in mice results in a lean phenotype on a chow diet but exacerbated high fat diet-induced obesity', Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 4, pp. S65 - S65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2010.09.127
, 2010, 'Mouse model of Prader–Willi syndrome: The role of SNORD116 in the regulation of energy homeostasis', Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 4, pp. S6 - S6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2010.09.012
, 2010, 'Neuropeptide Y and sex hormone interactions in humoral and neuronal regulation of bone and fat.', Trends Endocrinol Metab, 21, pp. 411 - 418, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tem.2010.02.004
, 2010, 'Neuropeptide Y in the basolateral amygdala modulates the acquisition of conditioned fear', BMC Pharmacology, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2210-10-s1-a33
, 2010, 'Peripheral neuropeptide Y Y1 receptors regulate lipid oxidation and fat accretion.', Int J Obes (Lond), 34, pp. 357 - 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2009.232
, 2010, 'Prader-willi syndrome is associated with activation of the innate immune system independently of central adiposity and insulin resistance', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 95, pp. 3392 - 3399
, 2010, 'Schizophrenia-relevant behaviours in a genetic mouse model for Y2 deficiency', Behavioural Brain Research, 207, pp. 434 - 440
, 2010, 'The central and basolateral amygdala are critical sites of neuropeptide Y/Y2 receptor-mediated regulation of anxiety and depression', Journal of Neuroscience, 30, pp. 6282 - 6290
, 2010, 'Y4 receptors and pancreatic polypeptide regulate food intake via hypothalamic orexin and brain-derived neurotropic factor dependent pathways.', Neuropeptides, 44, pp. 261 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.npep.2010.01.001
, 2009, 'Critical role of arcuate Y4 receptors and the melanocortin system in pancreatic polypeptide-induced reduction in food intake in mice.', PLoS One, 4, pp. e8488, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008488
, 2009, 'Neuropeptide Y knockout mice reveal a central role of NPY in the coordination of bone mass to body weight.', PLoS One, 4, pp. e8415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008415
, 2009, 'Critical interplay between neuropeptide Y and sex steroid pathways in bone and adipose tissue homeostasis', Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 24, pp. 294 - 304
, 2009, 'Effect of neuropeptide Y Y2 receptor deletion on emotional stress-induced neuronal activation in mice', Synapse, 63, pp. 236 - 246