Search results for corticotropin releasing hormone

Cell & Microbiology Mar 5, 2020

Research: Structural and functional studies of corticotropin-releasing factor receptors

CRF1R and CRF2R, two members of class B G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), are widely expressed in the central and peripheral nervous systems and activated by the corticoliberin family of peptide hormones that include CRF ...

Evolution Apr 9, 2019

LDAIR, a lncRNA regulates seasonal changes in stress response

Biologists at the National Institute for Basic Biology and the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) at Nagoya University have discovered that long non-coding RNA regulates seasonal changes in stress response in ...

Plants & Animals Oct 23, 2018

Avian neuroscientists identify new stress response component in poultry brain

Avian neuroscientists at the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture probing the neural pathways for stress response have identitifed a new structure of neurons in the poultry brain.

Biochemistry Jun 1, 2017

First full-length structure of GLP-1 receptor bound to peptide agonist

Heptares Therapeutics has published the first high-resolution X-ray crystal structure of the full-length glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor bound to a peptide agonist.

Biochemistry Apr 25, 2016

Scientists make receptor discoveries that pave the way for new drugs to treat metabolic diseases

New structural information obtained with the help of intense X-rays generated by Diamond Light Source, the UK's synchrotron science facility in Oxfordshire, has enabled scientists from Heptares Therapeutics ("Heptares", the ...

Cell & Microbiology Feb 23, 2012

A unique on-off switch for hormone production

Weizmann scientists have revealed a new kind of on-off switch in the brain for regulating the production of a main biochemical signal from the brain that stimulates cortisol release in the body.