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What is a neuropeptide?

What is a neuropeptide? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) Any of several peptides, such as endorphins, that function as neurotransmitters.
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Their results suggest that neuropeptide hormones use a novel binding mechanism to activate a class of receptors called G-protein coupled receptors.
This peptide stimulates feeding through neuropeptide Y, agouti-related protein, and orexigenic peptides co-localized in neurons of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus.
Corticotropin releasing factor, a neuropeptide, is known to be related to these physiological functions and neurological disorders.
Settlement induction of Acropora palmata planulae by a GLW-amide neuropeptide.

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