Terms Related to C-Type Natriuretic Peptide

• Brain Natriuretic Peptide

  A natriuretic peptide that is stored mainly in cardiac ventricular myocardium and may be responsive to changes in ventricular filling pressures. It has been shown ...

• Rat Atrial Natriuretic Peptide

  A potent natriuretic and vasodilatory peptide or mixture of different-sized low molecular weight peptides derived from a common precursor and secreted by the heart atria. ...

• Neuropeptide Y Like Immunoreactive Peptide

  A 36-amino acid peptide present in many organs and in many sympathetic noradrenergic neurons. It has vasoconstrictor and natriuretic activity and regulates local blood flow, ...

• Atrial Natriuretic Factor

  A potent natriuretic and vasodilatory peptide or mixture of different-sized low molecular weight peptides derived from a common precursor and secreted by the heart atria. ...