Discovery of PACAP and its receptors in the brain

Abstract Pituitary adenylate-cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a 27- or 38-amino acid neuropeptide, which belongs to the vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)/glucagon/secretin family. PACAP shows particularly high homology (~ 68%) to VIP. Because of the high homology of the amino acid seq...

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Main Authors: Takahiro Hirabayashi, Tomoya Nakamachi, Seiji Shioda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:The Journal of Headache and Pain
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s10194-018-0855-1