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'''Neuropeptides''' are "peptides released by neurons as intercellular messengers. Many neuropeptides are also hormones released by non-neuronal cells."<ref name="MeSH-Neuropeptides">{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2008/MB_cgi?term=Neuropeptides |title=Neuropeptides |accessdate=2008-01-21 |author=Anonymous |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher=National Library of Medicine |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</ref>
'''Neuropeptides''' are "[[peptide]]s released by [[neuron]]s as intercellular messengers. Many neuropeptides are also hormones released by non-neuronal cells."<ref name="MeSH-Neuropeptides">{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2008/MB_cgi?term=Neuropeptides |title=Neuropeptides |accessdate=2008-01-21 |author=Anonymous |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher=National Library of Medicine |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</ref>


== Types of neuropeptides==
== Types of neuropeptides==

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Neuropeptides are "peptides released by neurons as intercellular messengers. Many neuropeptides are also hormones released by non-neuronal cells."[1]

Types of neuropeptides

Gastrins

Neurohypophyseals

Neuropeptide Y

Opioids

Secretins

Somatostatins

Tachykinins

Others

References

  1. Anonymous. Neuropeptides. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.