Is there an earlier phylogenetic precursor that is common to both the nervous and endocrine systems? |
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| Authors: | D Le Roith J Shiloach J Roth |
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| Institution: | 1. Diabetes Branch, Laboratory of Nutrition and Endocrinology, NIADDK, NIH Bethesda, MD 20205 USA;2. Pilot Plant, Laboratory of Nutrition and Endocrinology, NIADDK, NIH Bethesda, MD 20205 USA |
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| Abstract: | Our recent findings that hormonal peptides and neuropeptides (insulin, somatostatin, ACTH and β-endorphin) are native to unicellular organisms suggest a common phylogenetic origin for the endocrine system and nervous system of vertebrates. |
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| Keywords: | Evolution Hormonal peptides Neuropeptides |
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