Neuroendocrine Perspectives

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Regulation of Expression of the Human Pre-Provip Gene....Pages 3-15
Paracrine Interactions in the Anterior Pituitary....Pages 17-25
Pituitary Growth Factors....Pages 27-40
Mechanisms of Action of Growth Factors....Pages 41-46
Neuropeptides and Neurotransmitters: Inositol Phospholipid and cAMP Responses in Cultured Brain Cells....Pages 47-52
Brain Hormones and the Immune System....Pages 53-64
Neuroendocrine Aspects of Cardiovascular Control: The Brain Renin-Angiotensin System....Pages 65-73
Control of Fluid Balance....Pages 75-88
Endogenous Na + , K + -ATPase Inhibitors....Pages 89-93
Neuromedin U: A Novel Brain-Gut Peptide....Pages 95-103
Introduction....Pages 105-106
Regulation of Gonadotropin Secretion: A 1987 Perspective....Pages 107-117
Opioid Peptides Inhibit the Noradrenergic Input to the Rostral Hypothalamus to Reduce LH Secretion in Fasted Rats....Pages 119-125
Attenuation of the Inhibitory Action of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone on Luteinizing Hormone Secretion After Chronic Opioid Receptor Occupation....Pages 127-133
A Spectrum of Disorders of LH Pulsatility in underweight women with Multifollicular Ovaries....Pages 135-142
Changes in Prolactin and Proopiomelanocortin Messenger RNA in Rat Pituitary as Shown by in Situ Hybridization....Pages 143-153
Evidence Against D 2 Dopaminergic Influence on Phosphoinosotde Metabolism in Pituitary and Neural Cells....Pages 155-162
“Cured” Prolactinoma Patients After Transsphenoidal Adenomectomy: Prediction of Recurrence....Pages 163-166
Altered Dopaminergic Control of Thyrotropin Secretion in Patients with Idiopathic Central Hypothyroidism....Pages 167-173
Introduction....Pages 175-175
Levels of Neuroendocrine and Pharmacologic Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion....Pages 177-188
Intracellular Mechanisms in GH Control....Pages 189-198
Alpha-1-Adrenergic Stimulation of Cytosolic Ca 2+ Concentration and Growth Hormone (GH) in Rat Somatotrophs....Pages 199-204
L-Dopa Releases GH Via a GRF-Dependent Mechanism in Normal Human Subjects, Whereas Arginine, Clonidine and Adrenalin Plus Propranolol do not....Pages 205-211
Direct Growth Inhibitory Action of Sandostatin on Rat Pituitary 7315b Tumor Cells in Vitro....Pages 213-219
Human Pituitary Tumors in Cell Culture: Modulation of Prolactin and Growth Hormone Messenger RNA Levels in Vitro....Pages 221-228
Influence of Chronic Depolarization on Synthesis and the Relative Amounts of Different Forms of Somatostatin in Cultured Fetal Cerebrocortical Cells....Pages 229-234
Introduction....Pages 235-235
A Survey of the Functional Anatomy of Opiate Pathways Relating to the Hypothalamus....Pages 237-244
Post-Translational Processing of POMC in Brain and Pituitary....Pages 245-248
Dopaminergic Agents Have Differential Effects on Both Content and Processing of Alpha-N-Acetylated Endorphin in the Ovine Pituitary Intermediate Lobe....Pages 249-256
Dopaminergic Modulation of Pituitary Alpha-N-Acetyl-Transferase Activity and Adrenarche....Pages 257-263
LHRH Priming Of CRF-Stimulated ACTH Output in Vitro: A Possible Paracrine Effect?....Pages 265-273
Secretion of CRF-41, AVP and SRIF by Fetal Hypothalamic Neurons Cultured in Defined Medium....Pages 275-280
The Effects of Endogenous Catecholamines on the Hypothalamo-Pituitary Adrenal Axis in Man....Pages 281-286
Acute and Long-Term Suppression of Stress-Induced ACTH Secretion by a Rat Monoclonal Antibody to Corticotropin Releasing Factor....Pages 287-292
Diagnostic Dilemmas in Hypercortisolism: Investigation and Management....Pages 293-301
Dual Control of ACTH Secretion by Hypothalamic and Placental Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) in Late Pregnancy....Pages 303-307
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
The Therapeutic Modulation of Growth Hormone Release....Pages 311-321
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
The Future of Neuroendocrine Research: A Realistic Appraisal....Pages 325-333
Back Matter....Pages 335-353