... tachykinins: a < /b> review. Zool Sci 5,533–549.7 Satake H, Ogasawara M, Kawada T, Masuda K, Aoy-ama M, Minakata H, Chiba T, Metoki H, Satou Y &Satoh N (2004) Tachykinin and tachykinin receptor ... Aoyama and Honoo SatakeSuntory Institute for Bioorganic Research, Osaka, JapanTachykinins (TKs) are vertebrate multifunctional brain ⁄gut peptides involved in various central and peripheralfunctions, ... Octopus (H. Minakata et al., unpublishedresults). oct-TKRPR was also abundantly expressed in the brain, buccal ganglion, gastric ganglia, olfactory and reduncle lobes, and optic lobe. Mammalian NK1-3Rs...