Neuropeptides and Brain Function

Content: 
Copyright Page
Page iv

List of Contributors
Pages v-vii

Preface
Page ix

Chapter 1 Adaptation and brain function Original Research Article
Pages 3-9
P.G. Smelik

Chapter 2 Neuroendocrine aspects of adaptation Original Research Article
Pages 11-26
Bruce S. McEwen, Roberta E. Brinton

Chapter 3 New designs in neuroendocrine systems Original Research Article
Pages 27-34
Claude Kordon, Marie-Thérèse Bluet-Pajot, Hubert Clauser, Sophia Drouva, Alain Enjalbert, Jacques Epelbaum

Chapter 4 Evolutionary aspects of neuropeptides Original Research Article
Pages 35-45
J. Joosse

Chapter 5 Organization of the stress response at the anatomical level Original Research Article
Pages 47-55
Miklós Palkovits*

Chapter 6 Neuroendocrine states and behavioral and physiological stress responses Original Research Article
Pages 57-70
B. Bohus, R.F. Benus, D.S. Fokkema, J.M. Koolhaas, C. Nyakas, G.A. van Oortmerssen, A.J.A. Prins, A.J.H. de Ruiter, A.J.W. Scheurink, A.B. Steffens

Chapter 7 Brain and immune system: a one-way conversation or a genuine dialogue? Original Research Article
Pages 71-77
Rudy E. Ballieux, Cobi J. Heijnen

Chapter 8 Conditioned immune responses: adrenocortical influences Original Research Article
Pages 79-90
Robert Ader

Chapter 9 The neuropeptide concept Original Research Article
Pages 93-108
David de Wied

Chapter 10 Neurohypophyseal hormones and behavior Original Research Article
Pages 109-118
Gábor L. Kovács, Gyula Szabó, Zoltán Sarnyai, Gyula Telegdy

Chapter 11 Neuropeptides and neurotransmitters involved in regulation of corticotropin-releasing factor-containing neurons in the rat Original Research Article
Pages 119-127
Éva Mezey, W.Scott Young III, Ruth E. Siegel, Krisztina Kovács

Chapter 12 Gene expression for behaviorally relevant peptides in hypothalamic neurons Original Research Article
Pages 129-136
Donald W. Pfaff

Chapter 13 Cell biology of the neural circuit for steroid-dependent female reproductive behavior Original Research Article
Pages 137-151
Rochelle S. Cohen

Chapter 14 The cell biology and development of vasopressinergic and oxytocinergic neurons Original Research Article
Pages 153-161
Harold Gainer, M. Altstein, M.H. Whitnall

Chapter 15 Brain vasopressin: from electrophysiological effects to neurophysiological function Original Research Article
Pages 163-172
I.J.A. Urban

Chapter 16 Neurohypophyseal hormone receptor systems in brain and periphery Original Research Article
Pages 173-187
Serge Jard, Claude Barberis, Sylvie Audigier, Eliane Tribollet

Chapter 17 Analysis of receptor-coupled events in neuropeptide action using clonal cell lines Original Research Article
Pages 189-196
M.R. Hanley

Chapter 18 Tachykinin receptors in the CNS Original Research Article
Pages 197-203
J. Glowinski, Y. Torrens, M. Saffroy, L. Bergström, J.C. Beaujouan, S. Lavielle, O. Ploux, G. Chassaing, A. Marquet

Chapter 19 Imaging of neuropeptide-neurotransmitter interactions Original Research Article
Pages 205-211
W.H. Rostène, A. Sarrieau, E. Moyse, D. Hervéc, P. Kitabgi, B.S. McEwen, M. Vial, J.P. Tassin, J.P. Vincent, A. Beaudet

Chapter 20 Molecular diversity and cellular functions of neuropeptides Original Research Article
Pages 213-220
Floyd E. Bloom

Chapter 21 Possible therapeutic implications of the effects of some peptides on the brain Original Research Article
Pages 223-234
Abba J. Kastin, Rudolph H. Ehrensing, William A. Banks, James E. Zadina

Chapter 22 The role of peptides in affective disorders: a review Original Research Article
Pages 235-247
Arthur J. Prange Jr., James C. Garbutt, Peter T. Loosen, Garth Bissette, Charles B. Nemeroff

Chapter 23 Animal and clinical research on neuropeptides and schizophrenia Original Research Article
Pages 249-267
Jan M. van Ree, Wim M.A. Verhoeven, David de Wied

Chapter 24 Neuropeptides and dementia Original Research Article
Pages 269-277
P. Kragh-Sørensen, A. Lolk

Chapter 25 Modulation of brain aging correlates by long-term alterations of adrenal steroids and neurally-active peptides Original Research Article
Pages 279-300
Philip W. Landfield

Chapter 26 Suprachiasmatic nucleus in aging, Alzheimer\'s disease, transsexuality and Prader-Willi syndrome Original Research Article
Pages 301-310
D.F. Swaab, B. Roozendaal, R. Ravid, D.N. Velis, L. Goorenc, R.S. Williams

Chapter 27 ACTH neuropeptide stimulation of serotonergic neuronal maturation in tissue culture: modulation by hippocampal cells Original Research Article
Pages 311-318
Efrain C. Azmitia, E.Ronald de Kloet

Chapter 28 On the neurotrophic action of melanocortins Original Research Article
Pages 319-331
W.H. Gispen, P. De Koning, R.R.F. Kuiters, C.E.E.M. Van der Zee, J. Verhaagen

Chapter 29 Grafts of fetal septal cholinergic neurons to the hippocampal formation in aged or fimbria-fornix lesioned rats Original Research Article
Pages 333-342
Anders Björklund, Fred H. Gage

Subject Index
Pages 343-346