Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide and islet amyloid polypeptide in primary sensory neurons : Functional implications from plasticity in expression on nerve injury and inflammation
Primary sensory neurons serve a dual role as afferent neurons, conveying sensory information from the periphery to the central nervous system, and as efferent effectors mediating, e.g., neurogenic inflammation. Neuropeptides are crucial for both these mechanisms in primary sensory neurons. In afferent functions, they act as messengers and modulators in addition to a principal transmitter; by relea
