Journal
PEPTIDES
Volume 27, Issue 10, Pages 2364-2384Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2006.03.037
Keywords
neuroanatomy; receptors; dopamine; amphetamine; hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis; corticotrophin-releasing hormone
Funding
- NIDA NIH HHS [DA 15207] Funding Source: Medline
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Neurotensin (NT) is a peptide that is widely distributed throughout the brain. NT is involved in locomotion, reward, stress and pain modulation, and in the pathophysiology of drug addiction and depression. in its first part this review brings together relevant literature about the neuroanatomy of NT and its receptors. The second part focuses on functional-anatomical interactions between NT, the mesotelencephalic dopamine system and structures targeted by dopaminergic projections. Finally, recent data about the actions of NT in processes underlying behavioral sensitization to psychostimulant drugs and the involvement of NT in the regulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal gland axis are considered. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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