Endocrinology, Neuroendocrinology, Neuropeptides-Part 1: Proceedings of the 28th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, Budapest, 1980

Advances in Physiological Sciences, Volume 14: Endocrinology, Neuroendocrinology, Neuropeptides, Part II focuses on the research on neuropeptides, endocrinology, and neuroendocrinology. Composed of various contributions of able researchers, the first part of the book is divided into eight chapters. These chapters cover studies on the physiology, biochemistry, and localization of suspected hypothalamic releasing and inhibiting hormones. Researchers show how hormones react in different controlled environments. The second part of the selection deals with the use of in vitro systems in studying neuroendocrine regulation and steroid hormone action. This part is composed of four chapters wherein the extensive discussion of the processes involved is supported by experiments conducted on animals. The third part of the book covers the use of neurotransmitters in the control of anterior pituitary function. Composed of nine chapters, this part offers a thorough investigation of how neurotransmitters function in different controlled conditions. The fourth part of the selection, which is comprised of eight chapters, focuses on the function of neuropeptides as neurotransmitters. Studies are presented to elaborate the processes how neuropeptides can be converted to act as neurotransmitters. The last part, which covers nine chapters, deals exclusively with research on the effects of endogenous opioid peptides on the neuroendocrine system. The book is a great find for those interested in biochemistry. Content: ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv FOREWORD , Page v , J. Szentágothai HYPOTHALAMIC NEUROHORMONAL MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION , Pages 1-22 , A.L. Polenov THE USE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY IN THE PURIFICATION OF CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR (CRF) FROM PORCINE HYPOTHALAMI , Pages 25-29 , D. Schulster, D. Montague, A.F. Bristow, E. Nice, M.J. O'Hare HYPOTHALAMIC ORGANIZATION OF CORTICOLIBERIN (CRF) PRODUCING STRUCTURES , Pages 31-44 , G.B. Makara, E. Stark, M. Kárteszi, M. Palkovits, Gy. Rappay SYNERGISM BETWEEN VASOPRESSIN AND CORTICOTROPHIN RELEASING FACTOR , Pages 45-50 , Julia C. Buckingham VASOPRESSIN: A MAJOR CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RELEASED FROM THE RAT MEDIAN EMINENCE IN VITRO , Pages 51-55 , J.-L. Bény, A.J. Baertschi CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR OF DIABETES INSIPIDUS RATS: EFFECTS OF PARAVENTICULAR NUCLEI LESIONS , Pages 57-61 , A.J. Baertschi, J.-L. Bény, G.B. Makara POSSIBLE ROLE OF NEUROHYPOPHYSIAL CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR (NH-CRF) IN THE REGULATION OF THE PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS , Pages 63-68 , M. Kárteszi, E. Stark, F.A. Láaszló, G.B. Makara, Gy. Rappay HYPOTHALAMIC CONTROL OF GROWTH HORMONE-AND PROLACTIN-RELEASE , Pages 69-80 , J. Sandow STUDIES ON THE MECHANISMS OF THE DOPAMINE-MEDIATED INHIBITION OF PROLACTIN SECRETION , Pages 81-92 , Robert M. MacLeod, Michael O. Thorner, Ivan S. Login BASAL AND STIMULATED ACTH SECRETION BY HUMAN PITUITARIES AS A FUNCTION OF GESTATIONAL AGE AND OF TIME IN VITRO , Pages 95-99 , Angela Gyévai, E. Stark, B. Bukulya, Zsuzsanna Ács EXPRESSION OF NEURONAL ACTIVITIES IN CULTURES OF DISSOCIATED FETAL MOUSE HYPOTHALAMIC CELLS. EFFECTS OF HORMONES AS STUDIED IN SERUM-FREE MEDIUM , Pages 101-105 , A. Tixier-Vidal, A. Faivre-Bauman, J. Puymirat, E. Rosenbaum, D. Grouselle ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHARMACOLOGY OF HYPOTHALAMIC NEURONS IN EXPLANT TISSUE CULTURE , Pages 107-111 , Herbert M. Geller RABBIT MYOMETRIUM IN ORGAN CULTURE: REGULATION OF α-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR AND RESPONSE , Pages 113-117 , L.E. Cornett, A. Giser, A. Goldfien, J.M. Roberts INTRODUCTION TO NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN THE CONTROL OF ANTERIOR PITUITARY FUNCTION , Pages 121-129 , S.M. McCann NEUROTRANSMITTER CONTROL OF CRF-ACTH SECRETION , Pages 131-141 , M.T. Jones, B. Gillham, M.C. Holmes, U. Beckford, G.D. Renzo, J.H. Lin CHANGES OF GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE (GAD) ACTIVITY AFTER DEXAMETHASONE IN SELECTED AREAS OF THE RAT BRAIN , Pages 143-147 , Zsuzsanna Acs, M. Palkovits, J. Fiók, E. Stark ROLE OF BRAIN CATECHOLAMINES (CA) IN THE CONTROL OF HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-TESTICULAR COMPLEX , Pages 149-160 , E.V. Naumenko NEUROTRANSMITTERS INVOLVED IN THE REGULATION OF THYROTROPIN SECRETION , Pages 161-168 , Jouko Tuomisto HYPOTHALAMIC REGULATION OF PROLACTIN RELEASE , Pages 169-178 , W. Wuttke, T. Mansky, K. Honma RECEPTORS MEDIATING THE FACILITATORY ACTIONS OF HISTAMINE ON PROLACTIN AND LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE IN RATS , Pages 179-183 , Alfredo O. Donoso INDUCTION OF OVULATION IN PCPA-BLOCKED INTACT ADULT RATS BY 5-HTP: EFFECT OF PCPA ON OVARIAN FUNCTION , Pages 185-190 , C.W. Coen, P.C.B. MacKinnon PUTATIVE SYNAPTIC TRANSMITTERS INVOLVED IN THE CONTROL OF GONADOTROPIN AND GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE , Pages 191-200 , S.M. McCann, E. Vijayan, W.K. Samson, M.D. Lumpkin, M.K. Steele, H. Mizinuma, G. Snyder, S.R. Ojeda, A. Negro-Vilar, L. Krulich DISTRIBUTION OF CHEMICALLY IDENTIFIED NEUROTRANSMITTERS, NEUROMODULATORS AND NEUROHORMONES IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: REVIEW AND CONSIDERATIONS , Pages 203-215 , M. Palkovits HYPOTHALAMIC NEUROPEPTIDES (NP) CAN BE NEUROTRANSMITTERS, NEUROHORMONES OR NEUROMODULATORS — EVIDENCES FROM IN VITRO METHODS , Pages 217-229 , William H. Rotsztejn, Jacqueline Besson, Eliane Pattou, Sophia V. Drouva PEPTIDE MODULATION OF NEURONAL ELECTRICAL RESPONSES , Pages 231-241 , Quentin J. Pittman PEPTIDE EFFECTS ON CHOLINERGIC-DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION BETWEEN IDENTIFIED INVERTEBRATE NEURONS , Pages 243-247 , W. Lichtensteiger, D. Felix, M. Celio THE EFFECT OF NEUROTENSIN ON NEURONES IN THE VENTRAL BASAL COMPLEX OF THE THALAMUS AND OTHER REGIONS OF THE RAT CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM , Pages 249-254 , W.P.C. Dao, H. Yajima, K. Kitagawa, R.J. Walker VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE (VIP) — PRESENCE AND ACTION IN THE CAROTID BODY , Pages 255-258 , Robert S. Fitzgerald, Hershel Raff, Peter Garger, Ashima Anand, Sami I. Said INFLUENCE OF INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR ADMINISTRATION OF TRH AND TRH ANTISERUM ON DOPAMINE, NOREPINEPHRINE AND SEROTONIN CONTENTS OF DIFFERENT BRAIN STRUCTURES IN RATS , Pages 259-263 , T. Kádár, M. Fekete, M. Balázs, G. Telegdy CONCLUDING COMMENTS: PEPTIDES AND THE NEUROMODULATORY THEORY , Pages 265-266 , Claude Kordon INTRODUCTION TO EFFECTS OF ENDOGENOUS OPIOID PEPTIDES ON THE NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM , Pages 269-276 , Joseph Meites ENDORPHINS AND NEUROENDOCRINE CONTROL , Pages 277-287 , A. Dupont, L. Ferland, N. Barden, G. Pelletier, J. Lépine, F. Labrie ENDORPHIN-INDUCED STIMULATION OF CENTRAL SYMPATHETIC OUTFLOW , Pages 289-293 , Glen R. Van Loon, Nathan M. Appel, Doris Ho TRANSPORT OF EXOGENOUS BETA-LIPOTROPIN (ß-LPH) FROM THE PITUITARY TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE RAT , Pages 295-301 , Éva Mezey, E.R. De Kloet, Andrea Feminger, M. Chrétien, J. Kiss, M. Palkovits PROLACTIN AND GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING EFFECTS OF ENKEPHALINS , Pages 303-314 , F. Casanueva, S. Spampinato, V. Locatelli, R. Betti, D. Cocchi, S. Ferri, E.E. Müller ON THE SITE AND MODE OF ACTION OF ENKEPHALINS AND ENKEPHALIN ANALOGUES ON ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONE SECRETION IN RATS , Pages 315-326 , Béla Halász, György Nagy, Judith Molnár, Jenö Marton, Zsuzsanna Bánky, Olga Lukáts, E. Szilveszter Vizi EFFECTS OF (D-MET 2 , PRO 5 )-ENKEPHALINAMIDE ON ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE (ACTH) AND GROWTH HORMONE (GH) RELEASE IN THE RAT , Pages 327-331 , Jenö Marton, Judith Molnár, Béla Halász EFFECT OF ENKEPHALIN ANALOGS ON PROLACTIN AND LH RELEASE IN RATS , Pages 333-337 , Helen Hermann, J. Borvendég, S. Bajusz, J.I. Székely, A.Z. Rónai BIOSYNTHESIS OF ENKEPHALINS BY ADRENAL CHROMAFFIN CELLS , Pages 339-348 , Jean Rossier, Deanne Dean, Bruce Livett, Raymond Lee, José Trifaro, Sidney Udenfriend ENKEPHALINS IN ADRENOMEDULLARY CHROMAFFIN CELLS AND SYMPATHETIC NERVES , Pages 349-353 , O.H. Viveros, S.P. Wilson, E.J. Diliberto Jr., E. Hazum, K.-J. Chang INDEX , Pages 355-357 Advances in Physiological Sciences, Volume 13: Endocrinology, Neuroendocrinology, Neuropeptides, Part I offers a lengthy discussion of the research, experiments, and investigations on endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, and neuropeptides. This selection, divided into five parts with 47 chapters, features the literature of able scholars who diligently conducted research on the subjects. The areas covered in their literature include discussions on hormone receptors and decoding of genetic information; biosynthesis, processing, and characterization of prehormones, prohormones, and hormones; pituitary and gastrointestinal hormone-like material in brain; behavior and hormonal balance; and extrahypothalamic structures in neuroendocrine regulation. Although the contributors put their efforts on different areas, they clearly present how endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, and neuropeptides caught the interest of physiologists and scholars. In clarifying their works, they include in this book observations, methodologies, conclusion, and recommendations. This book can best serve the interest of physiologists and other readers interested in the research on endocrinology, neuropeptides, and neuroendocrinology.