Neurosecretion -- The Final Neuroendocrine Pathway : VI International Symposium on Neurosecretion, London 1973

This volume marks the end of twenty years of neurosecretion during which there were five symposia, namely Naples (1953), Lund (1957), Bristol (1961), Strasbourg (1966), and Kiel (1970). In comparison with these symposia an exceptionally large number of papers were read at this the sixth symposium, in London, and for economic reasons it has not been possible to publish all the papers in extenso. The editors have therefore been obliged to undertake the unenviable work of selection, a task made all the more difficult by the excel­ lence and importance of contributions of the symposium. We felt that it was of the utmost importance at this moment in the history of neurosecretion to present as complete a picture as possible of the present state of the subject in relation to the past and opportunities for the future. We have therefore given some preference to papers with a strong review element, research papers in areas of current importance and contributions which deal with recently developed techniques with promise for the future. We have more­ over attempted to strike some balance between the different areas of research on neurosecretion so that the volume as a whole may be of interest to the general reader, and that he will find in it a reasonably coherent pattern of thought which demonstrates neurosecretion as the final neuroendocrine pathway. We have attempted a certain degree of uniformity of spelling, symbols, etc. Front Matter....Pages I-XII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Twenty Years of Neurosecretion....Pages 3-11 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Morphological and Physiological Reactions of the Supraoptic and Paraventricular Nuclei....Pages 15-23 Immunohistochemistry of Vasopressin: Study of the Hypothalamo-Neurohypophysial System of Normal, Dehydrated and Hypophysectomized Rats....Pages 24-30 Exo-Endocytosis in the Neurohypophysis as Revealed by Freeze-Fracturing....Pages 31-37 Ascending Neurosecretory Pathways of the Peptidergic Type....Pages 38-47 The Use of the Cobalt Chloride-Ammonium Sulfide Precipitation Technique for the Delineation of Invertebrate and Vertebrate Neurosecretory Systems....Pages 48-58 The Perisympathetic Organs of Insects....Pages 59-71 Biochemical Aspects of the Hypothalamo-Neurohypophysial Neurone....Pages 72-85 The Heterogeneity of the Neurohypophysial Pool of Neurophysin....Pages 86-93 Recent Functional Studies on the Caudal Neurosecretory System of Teleost Fishes....Pages 94-103 Bioassay and Characterization of Crustacean Limb Growth-Controlling Factors....Pages 104-114 The Neurosecretory Impulse....Pages 115-128 Dynamics of Oxytocin Secretion....Pages 129-133 Recent Advances in the Study of the Hypothalamic Releasing Factors....Pages 135-147 Study of the Preoptico-Infundibular LH-RH Neurosecretory Pathway in Female Guinea-Pigs during Gestation and the Oestrous Cycle....Pages 148-153 A Concept of Neuroendocrine Cell Complexes....Pages 154-164 Cellular Localization of Thyrotropic Releasing Factor (TRF) after Intraventricular Administration....Pages 165-169 Identification of Adenohypophysiotropic Neurohormone Producing Neurosecretory Cells in Rana temporaria ....Pages 170-181 Structural and Functional Aspects of Two Types of Gomori-Negative Neurosecretory Centres in the Caudal Hypothalamus of Amphibia....Pages 182-192 Control of Prolactin Secretion in the Goldfish, Carassius auratus ....Pages 193-197 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Pars Intermedia Control with and without Innervation — Studies in Elasmobranchs and a Lizard....Pages 198-206 Front Matter....Pages 207-207 Organization of the Dopamine and Noradrenaline Innervations of the Median Eminence-Pituitary Region in the Rat....Pages 209-222 New Aspects on the Catecholamine Innervation of the Hypothalamus and the Limbic System....Pages 223-228 Extrahypothalamic Influences on the Tubero-Infundibular Dopamine Neurones and the Secretion of Luteinizing Hormone (LH) and Prolactin....Pages 229-240 Brain Monoamines and the Control of Growth Hormone Release....Pages 241-245 The Characterization of Monoaminergic Nerve Terminals in the Brain by Fine Structural Cytochemistry....Pages 246-259 Sensory and Secretory Catecholamine-Containing Cells Bordering the Third Ventricle of the Toad Brain....Pages 260-265 Front Matter....Pages 267-267 Aminergic Mechanisms in Neuroendocrine Control....Pages 269-275 New Trends in Vertebrate Neurosecretion....Pages 276-284 New Trends in Invertebrate Neurosecretion....Pages 285-287 Concluding Remarks....Pages 288-289 Back Matter....Pages 291-348