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Peptide Cotransmitters as Dynamic, Intrinsic Modulators of Network Activity by Cropper, Elizabeth C, Jing, Jian, Vilim, Ferdinand S, Weiss, Klaudiusz R

“…Neurons can contain both neuropeptides and "classic" small molecule transmitters. Much progress has been made in studies designed to determine the functional…”
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Multifaceted Expression of Peptidergic Modulation in the Feeding System of Aplysia by Cropper, Elizabeth C, Jing, Jian, Vilim, Ferdinand S, Barry, Michael A, Weiss, Klaudiusz R

“…Neuropeptides are present in species throughout the animal kingdom and generally exert actions that are distinct from those of small molecule transmitters. It…”
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Urotensin II in invertebrates: from structure to function in Aplysia californica by Romanova, Elena V, Sasaki, Kosei, Alexeeva, Vera, Vilim, Ferdinand S, Jing, Jian, Richmond, Timothy A, Weiss, Klaudiusz R, Sweedler, Jonathan V

“…Neuropeptides are ancient signaling molecules that are involved in many aspects of organism homeostasis and function. Urotensin II (UII), a peptide with a…”
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Aplysia Locomotion: Network and Behavioral Actions of GdFFD, a D-Amino Acid-Containing Neuropeptide by Yang, Chao-Yu, Yu, Ke, Wang, Ye, Chen, Song-An, Liu, Dan-Dan, Wang, Zheng-Yang, Su, Yan-Nan, Yang, Shao-Zhong, Chen, Ting-Ting, Livnat, Itamar, Vilim, Ferdinand S, Cropper, Elizabeth C, Weiss, Klaudiusz R, Sweedler, Jonathan V, Jing, Jian

“…One emerging principle is that neuromodulators, such as neuropeptides, regulate multiple behaviors, particularly motivated behaviors, e.g., feeding and…”
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Neural Analog of Arousal: Persistent Conditional Activation of a Feeding Modulator by Serotonergic Initiators of Locomotion by Jing, Jian, Vilim, Ferdinand S, Cropper, Elizabeth C, Weiss, Klaudiusz R

“…We investigated how a neural analog of a form of arousal induced by a mildly noxious stimulus can promote two antagonistic responses, locomotion and feeding…”
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Characterization of GdFFD, a d-Amino Acid-containing Neuropeptide That Functions as an Extrinsic Modulator of the Aplysia Feeding Circuit by Bai, Lu, Livnat, Itamar, Romanova, Elena V., Alexeeva, Vera, Yau, Peter M., Vilim, Ferdinand S., Weiss, Klaudiusz R., Jing, Jian, Sweedler, Jonathan V.

“…During eukaryotic translation, peptides/proteins are created using l-amino acids. However, a d-amino acid-containing peptide (DAACP) can be produced through…”
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Discovery of leucokinin-like neuropeptides that modulate a specific parameter of feeding motor programs in the molluscan model, Aplysia by Zhang, Guo, Vilim, Ferdinand S., Liu, Dan-Dan, Romanova, Elena V., Yu, Ke, Yuan, Wang-Ding, Xiao, Hui, Hummon, Amanda B., Chen, Ting-Ting, Alexeeva, Vera, Yin, Si-Yuan, Chen, Song-An, Cropper, Elizabeth C., Sweedler, Jonathan V., Weiss, Klaudiusz R., Jing, Jian

“…A better understanding of neuromodulation in a behavioral system requires identification of active modulatory transmitters. Here, we used identifiable neurons…”
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Complementary interactions between command-like interneurons that function to activate and specify motor programs by Wu, Jin-Sheng, Wang, Nan, Siniscalchi, Michael J, Perkins, Matthew H, Zheng, Yu-Tong, Yu, Wei, Chen, Song-an, Jia, Ruo-nan, Gu, Jia-Wei, Qian, Yi-Qing, Ye, Yang, Vilim, Ferdinand S, Cropper, Elizabeth C, Weiss, Klaudiusz R, Jing, Jian

“…Motor activity is often initiated by a population of command-like interneurons. Command-like interneurons that reliably drive programs have received the most…”
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Feedforward compensation mediated by the central and peripheral actions of a single neuropeptide discovered using representational difference analysis by Jing, Jian, Sweedler, Jonathan V, Cropper, Elizabeth C, Alexeeva, Vera, Park, Ji-Ho, Romanova, Elena V, Xie, Fang, Dembrow, Nikolai C, Ludwar, Bjoern C, Weiss, Klaudiusz R, Vilim, Ferdinand S

“…Compensatory mechanisms are often used to achieve stability by reducing variance, which can be accomplished via negative feedback during homeostatic…”
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Functional Characterization of a Vesicular Glutamate Transporter in an Interneuron That Makes Excitatory and Inhibitory Synaptic Connections in a Molluscan Neural Circuit by Jing, Jian, Alexeeva, Vera, Chen, Song-An, Yu, Ke, Due, Michael R, Tan, Li-Nuo, Chen, Ting-Ting, Liu, Dan-Dan, Cropper, Elizabeth C, Vilim, Ferdinand S, Weiss, Klaudiusz R

“…Understanding circuit function requires the characterization of component neurons and their neurotransmitters. Previous work on radula protraction in the…”
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Newly Identified Aplysia SPTR-Gene Family-Derived Peptides: Localization and Function by Zhang, Guo, Yuan, Wang-ding, Vilim, Ferdinand S, Romanova, Elena V, Yu, Ke, Yin, Si-yuan, Le, Zi-wei, Xue, Ying-yu, Chen, Ting-ting, Chen, Guo-kai, Chen, Song-an, Cropper, Elizabeth C, Sweedler, Jonathan V, Weiss, Klaudiusz R, Jing, Jian

“…When individual neurons in a circuit contain multiple neuropeptides, these peptides can target different sets of follower neurons. This endows the circuit with…”
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Composite modulatory feedforward loop contributes to the establishment of a network state by Wu, Jin-Sheng, Vilim, Ferdinand S, Hatcher, Nathan G, Due, Michael R, Sweedler, Jonathan V, Weiss, Klaudiusz R, Jing, Jian

“…Feedforward loops (FFLs) are one of many network motifs identified in a variety of complex networks, but their functional role in neural networks is not well…”
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From Hunger to Satiety: Reconfiguration of a Feeding Network by Aplysia Neuropeptide Y by Jing, Jian, Vilim, Ferdinand S, Horn, Charles C, Alexeeva, Vera, Hatcher, Nathan G, Sasaki, Kosei, Yashina, Irene, Zhurov, Yuriy, Kupfermann, Irving, Sweedler, Jonathan V, Weiss, Klaudiusz R

“…A shift in motivational state often produces behavioral change, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. In the marine mollusc, Aplysia…”
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Distinct Mechanisms Produce Functionally Complementary Actions of Neuropeptides That Are Structurally Related But Derived from Different Precursors by Vilim, Ferdinand S, Sasaki, Kosei, Rybak, Jurgen, Alexeeva, Vera, Cropper, Elizabeth C, Jing, Jian, Orekhova, Irina V, Brezina, Vladimir, Price, David, Romanova, Elena V, Rubakhin, Stanislav S, Hatcher, Nathan, Sweedler, Jonathan V, Weiss, Klaudiusz R

“…Many bioactive neuropeptides containing RFamide at their C terminus have been described in both invertebrates and vertebrates. To obtain insight into the…”
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Analysis of human neuropeptide FF gene expression by Nystedt, Johanna M., Brandt, Annika M., Mandelin, Jami, Vilim, Ferdinand S., Ziff, Edward B., Panula, Pertti

“…As an initial step to study the function of the gene encoding the human neuropeptide FF (NPFF), we cloned a 4.7‐kb sequence from the promoter region. Primer…”
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Interneuronal and Peptidergic Control of Motor Pattern Switching in Aplysia by Morgan, Peter T, Jing, Jian, Vilim, Ferdinand S, Weiss, Klaudiusz R

“…Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029 Morgan, Peter T., Jian Jing, Ferdinand S. Vilim, and…”
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Gene for pain modulatory neuropeptide NPFF: induction in spinal cord by noxious stimuli by Vilim, F S, Aarnisalo, A A, Nieminen, M L, Lintunen, M, Karlstedt, K, Kontinen, V K, Kalso, E, States, B, Panula, P, Ziff, E

“…Neuropeptides FF (NPFF), AF (NPAF), and SF (NPSF) are homologous amidated peptides that were originally identified on the basis of similarity to the molluscan…”
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Concerted GABAergic Actions of Aplysia Feeding Interneurons in Motor Program Specification by Jing, Jian, Vilim, Ferdinand S, Wu, Jin-Sheng, Park, Ji-Ho, Weiss, Klaudiusz R

“…GABAergic inhibitory interneurons regulate the activity of diverse types of neural networks, but the specific roles of these interneurons in motor control are…”
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Identification of a New Neuropeptide Precursor Reveals a Novel Source of Extrinsic Modulation in the Feeding System of Aplysia by Proekt, Alex, Vilim, Ferdinand S, Alexeeva, Vera, Brezina, Vladimir, Friedman, Allyson, Jing, Jian, Li, Lingjun, Zhurov, Yuriy, Sweedler, Jonathan V, Weiss, Klaudiusz R

“…The Aplysia feeding system is advantageous for investigating the role of neuropeptides in behavioral plasticity. One family of Aplysia neuropeptides is the…”
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Insulin Prohormone Processing, Distribution, and Relation to Metabolism in Aplysia californica by Floyd, Philip D, Li, Lingjun, Rubakhin, Stanislav S, Sweedler, Jonathan V, Horn, Charles C, Kupfermann, Irving, Alexeeva, Vera Y, Ellis, Timothy A, Dembrow, Nikolai C, Weiss, Klaudiusz R, Vilim, Ferdinand S

“…The first Aplysia californica insulin gene is characterized and its proteolytic processing from prohormone to final peptides elucidated using a combination of…”
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