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Stimulation of gastric acid secretion by central administration of FMRFamide in rats. 1993

A V Muthal, and C T Chopde

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagpur University.

The possible role of centrally administered tetrapeptide FMRFamide (Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-NH2) on gastric acid secretion in pylorus ligated rats was investigated. Intracerebroventricularly administered FMRFamide stimulated the gastric acid secretion in a dose-dependent manner. This stimulatory effect was abolished by vagotomy and atropine pretreatment. The presence of FMRFamide in rat brain and the ability of FMRFamide to stimulate gastric acid secretion suggest that FMRFamide plays a physiological role in brain modulation of gastric acid secretion.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007276	Injections, Intraventricular	Injections into the cerebral ventricles.	Intraventricular Injections,Injection, Intraventricular,Intraventricular Injection
D008297	Male		Males
D008969	Molecular Sequence Data	Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories.	Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D009479	Neuropeptides	Peptides released by NEURONS as intercellular messengers. Many neuropeptides are also hormones released by non-neuronal cells.	Neuropeptide
D005744	Gastric Acid	Hydrochloric acid present in GASTRIC JUICE.	Hydrochloric Acid, Gastric,Acids, Gastric,Acids, Gastric Hydrochloric,Gastric Acids,Gastric Hydrochloric Acid,Gastric Hydrochloric Acids,Hydrochloric Acids, Gastric
D000595	Amino Acid Sequence	The order of amino acids as they occur in a polypeptide chain. This is referred to as the primary structure of proteins. It is of fundamental importance in determining PROTEIN CONFORMATION.	Protein Structure, Primary,Amino Acid Sequences,Sequence, Amino Acid,Sequences, Amino Acid,Primary Protein Structure,Primary Protein Structures,Protein Structures, Primary,Structure, Primary Protein,Structures, Primary Protein
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D051381	Rats	The common name for the genus Rattus.	Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus
D018377	Neurotransmitter Agents	Substances used for their pharmacological actions on any aspect of neurotransmitter systems. Neurotransmitter agents include agonists, antagonists, degradation inhibitors, uptake inhibitors, depleters, precursors, and modulators of receptor function.	Nerve Transmitter Substance,Neurohormone,Neurohumor,Neurotransmitter Agent,Nerve Transmitter Substances,Neurohormones,Neurohumors,Neuromodulator,Neuromodulators,Neuroregulator,Neuroregulators,Neurotransmitter,Neurotransmitters,Substances, Nerve Transmitter,Transmitter Substances, Nerve,Substance, Nerve Transmitter,Transmitter Substance, Nerve
D019835	FMRFamide	A molluscan neuroactive peptide which induces a fast excitatory depolarizing response due to direct activation of amiloride-sensitive SODIUM CHANNELS. (From Nature 1995; 378(6558): 730-3)	FMRF,FMRF-NH2,FMRF-amide,FMRFamide, (D-Arg)-Isomer,FMRFamide, (D-Met)-Isomer,FMRFamide, (D-Phe)-Isomer,FMRFamide, (D-phenylalanine)-Isomer,Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-NH2,Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-amide,FMRF NH2,FMRF amide,Phe Met Arg Phe amide