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neuropeptide

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neuropeptide [‚nu̇r·ō′pep‚tīd]
(neuroscience)
A polypeptide released by axons at the synapse; it may act as a neurotransmitter and have a direct effect on synapse function or as a neuromodulator, having a long-term effect on postsynaptic neurons.
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A team at the University of Bristol carried out tests on mice and then on human brain tissue and found that the neuropeptide "galanin" was resistant to the MS-like disease, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE).
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The team at the University of Bristol tested mice and human brain tissue and found that a type of neuropeptide - a protein-like molecule found in the nervous system - was resistant to a disease which is similar to MS.
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