Neuropeptide Y neurons are widely distributed and regulate feeding, anxiety, and cardiovascular function.
| Property |
Value |
| Category |
Neuropeptide Neurons |
| Location |
Hypothalamus, Cortex, Amygdala |
| Neuropeptide |
NPY |
| Receptors |
Y1, Y2, Y4, Y5 |
- NPY: 36 amino acids
- PPY: Pancreatic polypeptide
- PYY: Peptide YY
- Arcuate nucleus: POMC area
- Amygdala: Stress circuits
- Cortex: Scattered interneurons
- Y1/Y5: Orexigenic
- Arcuate NPY: Hunger
- Leptin: NPY regulation
- Y1: Anxiolytic effects
- Amygdala: Fear circuits
- Stress: NPY responses
- NPY: Feeding drive
- Y1/Y5 antagonists: Anti-obesity
- Therapeutic: NPY targeting
- NPY: Mood effects
- Stress resilience: NPY role
- Therapeutic: NPY modulation
- Tatemoto. NPY discovery (1982)
- Sollars. NPY in brain (2006)