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The Ring of Air Neurotensin is an endogenous tridecapeptide found in the central nervous system. It is a neurotransmitter found in the hypothalamus, amygdala, basal ganglia, and dorsal gray of the spinal cord and it is now known that it also is produced in the intestine itself. Neurotensin plays a role in pain perception but its analgesic effects are not blocked by opioid antagonists. It also affects pituitary hormone release and gastrointestinal activity. Two possible aspects of neurotensin action in the central nervous system are involvement in the etiology of schizophrenia and its analgesic properties. Neurotensin actually is antipsychotic so that theoretically, enhancing neurotensin would prevent or treat schizophrenia. Neurotensin affects pituitary hormone regulation and a remarkable variety of gastrointestinal function. Neurotensin is a neuroleptic, not in the pharmaceutical sense of the word, but in its ability to allow cognitive dissociation. That is, neurotensin essentially increases the ability of an individual to detach from physical sensations and yet be mentally quite alert. There is considerable clinical evidence of antinociceptive or pain relieving benefits of neurotensin. In nature, however, it is relatively rapidly metabolized so that giving neurotensin externally is not therapeutically feasible. At low blood sugar levels, neurotensin stimulates release of insulin. Interestingly, release of glucagon and somatostatin, the normal neurochemicals that are stimulated by glucose or arginine, are inhibited by neurotensin. There is a close metabolic relationship between neurotensin and histamine with neurotensin effects being reversed by histamine receptive blocks. In summary, neurotensin has anti-inflammatory properties and decreases the body's response to all known causes of inflammation. Because of the short half-life of neurotensin, an internally activated production is the most effective way of enhancing neurotensin effect.