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galanin

(găl′ăn-ĭn)
A peptide neurotransmitter with numerous functions in the central nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract. It stimulates gastrointestinal smooth muscle contraction and inhibits insulin secretion.
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Another neuropeptide is galanin, a 29-amino acid peptide that was discovered in 1983 in the porcine intestine as an orexigenic neuropeptide; it is mainly synthesized in the central and peripheral nervous systems and gastrointestinal tract.
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Extrinsic control of the release of galanin and VIP from intrinsic nerves of isolated, perfused, porcine ileum.
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"There is some suggestion that a neuropeptide called Galanin might be responsible as animal studies have linked it to cravings for both fatty foods and alcohol.
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One-year walking intervention, with 3, 40-min sessions*[wk.sup.-1] produced changes in white matter in the frontal and temporal regions that improved short-term memory (57), increased the levels of growth factors, including brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as well as insulin-like growth factor type 1 (IGF-1), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) (57), promote neuroplasticity and facilitate learning and memory through the release of neurotrophins, glia-derived neurotrophin (GDNF), nerve growth factor (NGF), and galanin (22).
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