Hormone Action Part J: Neuroendocrine Peptides

Content: 
Contributors to volume 124
Pages ix-xiii

Preface
Pages xv-xvi
P. Michael Conn

Volumes in series
Pages xvii,xix-xxviii

[1] Computationally directed biorational drug design of peptides Original Research Article
Pages 3-18
Frank A. Momany, Hiroshi Chuman

[2] Comparative methods for the radiolabeling of peptides Original Research Article
Pages 18-29
A.E. Bolton

[3] Luciferin derivitization of ligands for development of nonisotopic binding assays Original Research Article
Pages 29-35
James M. Schaeffer

[4] Synthesis and use of colloidal gold-coupled receptor ligands Original Research Article
Pages 36-47
Lothar Jennes, P. Michael Conn, Walter E. Stumpf

[5] Preparation and use of biotinylated neuroendocrine peptides Original Research Article
Pages 47-57
Eli Hazum

[6] Synthesis and use of diacylglycerols as activators of protein kinase C in neuroendocrine tissue Original Research Article
Pages 57-63
P. Michael Conn, Barry R. Ganong, James Ebeling, Daphne Staley, James E. Niedel, Robert M. Bell

[7] Computer-controlled perifusion system for neuroendocrine tissues: Development and applications Original Research Article
Pages 67-79
Andres Negro-Vilar, Michael D. Culler

[8] Perifusion of anterior pituitary cells: Release of conadotropins and somatotropins Original Research Article
Pages 79-90
Thomas M. Badger

[9] Measurement of intracellular ionized calcium with aequorin Original Research Article
Pages 90-116
AndrГ©B. Borle, Kenneth W. Snowdowne

[10] Use of intracellular calcium and membrane potential fluorescent indicators in neuroendocrine cells Original Research Article
Pages 116-135
Alessandro M. Capponi, P. Daniel Lew, Werner Schlegel, Tullio Pozzan

[11] The design and synthesis of detergents for membrane biochemistry Original Research Article
Pages 135-164
Leonard M. Hjelmeland

[12] Solubilization of neuropeptide receptors Original Research Article
Pages 164-171
Marilyn H. Perrin

[13] Solubilization and characterization of opiate receptors Original Research Article
Pages 172-190
R. Suzanne Zukin, Rhoda Maneckjee

[14] Temperature measurement and control of small volumes: Applications for single channel recording Original Research Article
Pages 190-206
Anthony Auerbach, Frederick Sachs, James Neil, Richard McGarrigle

[15] Techniques for studying the role of electrical activity in control of secretion by normal anterior pituitary cells Original Research Article
Pages 207-242
W.T. Mason, C.D. Ingram

[16] Culture and characterization of follicular cells of the bovine anterior pituitary and pars tuberalis Original Research Article
Pages 245-253
Napoleone Ferrara, Paul Goldsmith, Dennis Fujii, Richard Weiner

[17] Peptidergic secretory granules isolated from the brain: A model system for study of intracellular aspects of the process of peptide secretion Original Research Article
Pages 254-265
Ayalla Barnea

[18] RNA dot and blot hybridization: Selected procedures for endocrine and neuroendocrine studies Original Research Article
Pages 269-278
Bruce A. White, Thomas Lufkin, Gregory M. Preston, Carter Bancroft

[19] Gene transfer methods for studying the regulation and expression of neuropeptide genes Original Research Article
Pages 278-294
Audrey Seasholtz, Michael Comb, Michel Martin, Edward Herbert

[20] Use of vaccinia virus as a neuropeptide expression vector Original Research Article
Pages 295-309
Dennis E. Hruby, Gary Thomas, Edward Herbert, Christine A. Franke

[21] Detection of neuroendocrine peptide precursor cDNA clones using synthetic oligonucleotides Original Research Article
Pages 309-318
James Douglas, Edward Herbert

[22] Detection of a high-molecular-weight LHRH precursor by cell-free translation of mRNA from human, rat, and mouse hypothalamus Original Research Article
Pages 318-335
Ann Curtis, Michael Szelke, George Fink

[23] Methods for the identification of neuropeptide processing products: Somatostatin and the tachykinins Original Research Article
Pages 335-348
Anthony J. Harmar, Peter M. Keen

[24] Assay and purification of protein kinase C Original Research Article
Pages 349-352
Tatsuro Kitano, Masayoshi Go, Ushio Kikkawa, Yasutomi Nishizuka

[25] Mixed micelle assay of protein kinase C Original Research Article
Pages 353-359
Robert M. Bell, Yusuf Hannun, Carson Loomis

[26] A tissue culture model for the study of peptide synthesis and secretion from microdissected hypothalamic explants Original Research Article
Pages 359-371
Mariana Morris, Robert L. Eskay, David K. Sundberg

[27] Measurement of growth hormone-releasing factor Original Research Article
Pages 371-389
Lawrence A. Frohman, Thomas R. Downs

[28] Assay of growth hormone-releasing factor Original Research Article
Pages 389-402
Wylie Vale, Joan Vaughan, Diane Jolley, Gayle Yamamoto, Thomas Bruhn, Hans Seifert, Marilyn Perrin, Michael Thorner, Jean Rivier

[29] Microbore HPLC of biogenic amines in small biological samples Original Research Article
Pages 402-412
Ivan N. Mefford, Edward J. Caliguri, Richard K. Grady Jr., Peter Capella, Tracy A. Durkin, Pamela Chevalier

[30] Somatostatin release from dissociated cerebral cortical cell cultures Original Research Article
Pages 412-424
Roxanne M. Landon, Richard J. Robbins

[31] Measurement of phospholipid turnover in cultured hormone responsive pituitary cells Original Research Article
Pages 424-442
Thomas F.J. Martin

[32] Detection and measurement of secretion from individual neuroendocrine cells using a reverse hemolytic plaque assay Original Research Article
Pages 443-465
Philip F. Smith, Enrique H. Luque, Jimmy D. Neill

[33] Measurement of neuropeptide release: In vitro and in vivo procedures Original Research Article
Pages 466-494
J.E. Levine, V.D. Ramirez

[34] In Situ hybridization for the study of gene expression in the brain Original Research Article
Pages 497-510
Brenda D. Shivers, Beth S. Schachter, Donald W. Pfaff

[35] In Situ cDNA;mRNA hybridization: Development of technique to measure mRNA levels in individual cells Original Research Article
Pages 510-533
Josiah N. Wilcox, Connie E. Gee, James L. Roberts

[36] Location of gene expression in CNS using hybridization histochemistry Original Research Article
Pages 534-548
J.D. Penschow, J. Haralambidis, P. Aldred, G.W. Tregear, J.P. Coghlan

[37] Measurement of neuroendocrine peptide mRNA in discrete brain regions Original Research Article
Pages 548-560
Jeffrey D. White, Kim D. Stewart, Jeffrey F. McKelvy

[38] Corticotropin-releasing factor receptors in the pituitary gland and central nervous system: Methods and overview Original Research Article
Pages 560-590
Errol B. De Souza, Michael J. Kuhar

[39] Autoradiographic localization of brain receptors for peptide hormones: Angiotensn II, corticotropin-releasing factor, and gonadotropin-releasing hormone Original Research Article
Pages 590-606
Monica Millan, Greii Aguilera, Peter C. Wynn, Frederick A.O. Mendelsohn, Kevin J. Catt

[40] Localization of somatostatin receptors Original Research Article
Pages 607-617
G. Pelletier, P. Leroux, G. Morel

[41] Methods for estimating the contribution of proenkephalin A and proenkephalin B input to neuronal areas Original Research Article
Pages 617-626
David K. Sundberg, Claud E. Dunlap III

[42] Previously published articles from methods in enzymology related to neuroendocrine peptides
Page 629

Author index
Pages 631-656

Subject index
Pages 657-679