Neurosecretion and Neuroendocrine Activity: Evolution, Structure and Function

Front Matter....Pages N3-XVIII
Mathias Thomsen 1896–1976. In memoriam....Pages 1-1
Opening Remarks....Pages 3-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Current Concepts on the Evolution of the Neurosecretory Neuron....Pages 9-14
Evolutionary Basis of the General Principle of Neuroendocrine Regulation. Interaction of Peptide and Monoamine Neurohormones in a Dual Control Mechanism....Pages 15-30
Molecular Evolution of Neurohypophyseal Hormones and Neurophysins....Pages 31-43
Morphofunctional Evolution of the Neurohemal Regions of the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System....Pages 44-51
Monoaminergic Structures Within the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Complex in the Phylogenesis of Vertebrates....Pages 52-55
Evolution of the Neurosecretory System in Crustacea....Pages 56-57
Neurosecretion and Evolution of the Visceral Nervous System in Insects....Pages 58-63
Pattern of Neuroendocrine Cell Complexes (Subunits) in Hypothalamic Nuclei: Neurobiological and Phylogenetic Concepts....Pages 64-71
Evolution of Perisympathetic Organs and Insect Phylogeny....Pages 72-72
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Correlation Between Synthesis and Release of CRF During Stress at Different Periods of Rat Postnatal Ontogenesis....Pages 75-78
Time of Cell Origin in Mouse Supraoptic Nucleus....Pages 79-84
Effect of Extirpation of the Cervical Sympathetic Ganglia on Development of the Neurosecretory Peptidergic and Parvocellular Nuclei of Rat Hypothalamus During Postnatal Ontogenesis....Pages 85-85
Hypothalamic Control of the Development of Endocrine Functions in the Human Fetus....Pages 86-90
Hypothalamic Control of Glucocorticoid Activity. The Adrenal Gland of the Fetal Rat....Pages 91-94
Morphofunctional Characteristics of the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System (HHNS) in Round Goby, Gobius melanostomus Pallas, in Early Ontogenesis....Pages 95-95
Embryonization of Development and Differentiation of the Neurosecretory System in Insect Embryogenesis....Pages 96-96
Nuclear Volume Changes in Cells of the Nucleus arcuatus (NA) During Prenatal Development in Man....Pages 97-97
Investigations on the Development of the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System During Ontogenesis in the Chick, Gallus gallus L.....Pages 98-100
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Regularities in the Development of Nucleus praeopticus (Np) in Acipenseridae....Pages 101-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Neurosecretion in Vertebrates....Pages 107-108
Fat Ingestion as a Stimulus of Vasopressin (ADH) Release....Pages 109-109
Comparative Light- and Electron-Microscopic Investigations of Neurosecretory Cells....Pages 110-110
Extravascular Spaces in the Pituitary of Teleostei Revealed by Use of Horseradish Peroxidase....Pages 111-113
Some Neuroendocrine Aspects of Tanycyte Histophysiology....Pages 114-116
Adrenergic Regulation of Hypothalamic Neurosecretory Functions....Pages 117-121
Fine Organization of Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum in Neurosecretory Axons of Rat Neurohypophysis....Pages 122-122
Effects of Different Salinities on the Neurohypophysis and Blood Osmolarity in Acipenser ruthenus L.....Pages 123-123
Effects of Indomethacin on the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System....Pages 124-124
Functional Morphology of the Peptidergic Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System of Rat in Postnatal Ontogenesis After Exposure to Aromatic Hydrocarbons....Pages 125-125
Pituitary Gonadotropic Activity and Ovarian Function After Deafferentation of the Mediobasal Hypothalamus (MBH) in the Rat....Pages 126-127
Median Eminence (ME) of Hypophysectomized Rats: Structure and Ultrastructure....Pages 128-128
The Supraoptico-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System, Plasma Antidiuretic Activity, and Concentrating Ability of Kidneys in the Desert Rodent Big Gerbil ( Rhombomys opimus )....Pages 129-129
Ultrastructure of the Nucleus arcuatus (NARC) in Normal and Hypophysectomized Rats....Pages 130-130
Functional Morphology of the Neurohormonal System in Myocardial Infarction....Pages 131-131
The Functional Morphology of the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System (HHNS) After Direct and Reflex Stimulation of the Hypothalamus in Cats....Pages 132-132
Ultrastructural Changes in the Hypothalamus and Neurohypophysis of Rats After Chronic Morphine Treatment....Pages 133-133
Granulolysis, a Possible Intracellular Regulatory Mechanism of Neurosecretion in the Hypothalamo-Posthypophyseal System of the Rat....Pages 134-134
Immunohistochemistry of the Hypothalamo-Neurohypophyseal System in the Common Spiny Mouse, Acomys cahirinus ....Pages 135-137
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Induced Spawning of Clarias batrachus (Linn) Using Clomid, and Observations on the Consequential Resulting Histochemical Changes Exhibited by the Nucleus lateralis tuberis (NLT), Pituitary Cyanophils, and Caudal Neurosecretory Neurons....Pages 138-144
Role of the Preoptic Recess Ependyma in the Formation and Physiologic Regeneration of the Nucleus praeopticus in Amphibians....Pages 145-151
Adrenergic Mechanisms in the Hypothalamic Regulation of Pituitary Thyrotropic Function....Pages 152-152
Efferent Projections from the Preoptic Area in the Hypothalamus....Pages 153-156
Classical (“Gomori-positive”) Neurosecretory System in the Rat After Isolation of the Medial Basal Hypothalamus and Adrenalectomy....Pages 157-161
Age- and Sex-Dependent Biotransformation of Androgens in the Pituitary, Pineal Gland, and Arcuate Nucleus of the Hypothalamus of Rats....Pages 162-162
Experimental Studies of the Dynamics of Herring Bodies. Ultrastructure of Axon Dilatations Developing at the Site of Compression or Transection of Neurosecretory Axons in the Grass Frog Rana pipiens ....Pages 163-166
Immunoenzyme Cytochemical Demonstration of Peptidergic Nerve Fibers in the Pars intermedia of the Amphibian Hypophysis....Pages 167-170
Role of Biogenic Amines and M-Cholinergic Structures of the Rat Brain in the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System (HHNS) Under Shock....Pages 171-171
Autoradiographic Studies on the Incorporation of Labeled Amino Acids in the Brain After Injection of Oxytocin....Pages 172-172
Comparative Account of the Hypothalamus of Amphibians; a Neuroanatomic Approach....Pages 173-173
Functional Organization of the Hypothalamus in the Regulation of CRF-Producing Neurons....Pages 174-176
Pituicytes: Their Reaction to Microtubule Poisons in vivo and in vitro....Pages 177-182
Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System in Calamoichthys calabaricus smithi (Polypteriformes)....Pages 183-185
Vasotocin Immunoreactive Neurons in the Hypothalamus of Some Nonmammalian Vertebrates....Pages 186-189
New Protein Complexes in the Gomori-Positive Neurosecretion of the Hypothalamo-Neurohypophyseal System....Pages 190-193
Morphofunctional Characteristics of Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Structures Following Adrenalectomy....Pages 194-195
Role of the Pineal Gland in the Hypothalamic Regulation of Adenohypophyseal Functions....Pages 196-198
Role of the Amygdaloid Complex in the Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone and Oxytocin....Pages 199-204
Hypothalamic Nuclei of Rats Treated with Corticosteroids....Pages 205-208
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Neurosecretory System of Dogfish, Scylliorhinus caniculus , Under Normal Conditions and After Osmotic Loading....Pages 209-213
Fluorescence and Electron-Microscopic Study of the Meta-Adenohypophysis of the Carp, Cyprinus carpio L.....Pages 214-214
Effects of Temperature on the Preopticohypophyseal Neurosecretory System of Carp, Cyprinus carpio L.....Pages 215-215
Ecologic-Histophysiologic Analysis of Neuroglial and Blood Elements in the Neurohypophysis of Sturgeon, Acipenser güldenstädti Brandt....Pages 216-216
Neurosecretory Supply to Extrahypothalamic Structures: Choroid Plexus, Circumventricular Organs, and Limbic System....Pages 217-227
Ecological and Histophysiological Investigation of the Hypothalamic Peptidergic Centers in Rodents Under Conditions of Hypobaric Hypoxia....Pages 228-232
Reaction of Rat Hypothalamic, Supraoptic, and Arcuate Nuclei Neurons in Experiment....Pages 233-233
Neurohypophysis and Thyroid Gland of Fry Acipenser stellatus Pallas and Acipenser güldenstädti Brandt During Downstream Migration....Pages 234-234
Alterations of Sex-Differentiation of the Hypothalamus by Sex-Steroids Demonstrated by Ultramorphometric Studies of the Adrenal Cortex in Adult Rats....Pages 235-235
Neural Lobe of the Hypophysis of Rats Subjected to Noise....Pages 236-239
Adenylate-Cyclase Activity in the Neurosecretory Nuclei of Rat Hypothalamus....Pages 240-240
Immunohistochemical Demonstration of S-100 Protein and GFA Protein in Interstitial Cells of Rat Pineal Gland....Pages 241-241
Effects of Aldosterone on the Ultrastructure of Rat Hypothalamo-Neurohypophyseal Neurosecretory System....Pages 242-244
Ultrastructural Method for Identifying Neurophysin-Containing Vesicles of the Neurosecretory System of Vertebrates....Pages 245-245
Hypothalamic Structures Responsible for Regulation of Reproduction of Waterfowl....Pages 246-248
Adrenergic Mechanisms in the Hypothalamic Control of Pituitary Adrenocorticotropic Function....Pages 249-249
Concentrations of the Neurotransmitters in the Supraoptic and Paraventricular Nuclei of the Rat....Pages 250-255
Neurosecretory and Pars-Intermedia Cells of Fish and Mammals....Pages 256-260
Histochemical and Histospectrophotometric Study of PAS-Positive Material in the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory Pathway....Pages 261-264
Functional Morphology of the Synaptic Apparatus of Peptidergic Neurosecretory Cells in the Nucleus praeopticus of Carp Cyprinus carpio L.....Pages 265-269
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Seasonal Dynamics of the Activity of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary Neurosecretory System, Thyroid and Adrenal Cortex in Lemmings ( Dicrostonyx torquatus Vinogradovi Ognev, 1948)....Pages 270-271
Reaction of Magnocellular Hypothalamic Nuclei to Unilateral and Full Thyroidectomy During Early Ontogenesis....Pages 272-272
Effect of Intracranial Hypertension on Glycogen Accumulation in the Neurohypophysis....Pages 273-273
Significance of the Mediobasal Hypothalamus in Regulation of Gonadal Functions in Birds....Pages 274-274
Autoradiographic Localization of 3 H-Oxytocin in the Rat Brain....Pages 275-278
Hypothalamo-Pituitary Neurosecretory System of Rats After a 22-Day Space Flight....Pages 279-279
Hormonal Regulation of Catecholamine Metabolism in the Rat Brain....Pages 280-282
Efferent Oxytocinergic Projections from the Hypothalamus to the Hindbrain in Rats and Pigeons....Pages 283-283
Changes in Hypothalamic Multiunit Activity After Hemorrhage in Anesthetized Rabbits....Pages 284-284
Effect of Intraventricular Administration of Oxytocin and Vasopressin on Self-stimulation and Reaction Time in Rats....Pages 285-285
Secretory Function of Neurons of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus in the White Mouse and Rat....Pages 286-286
Localization of LH-RH-containing Neurons in the Rabbit Brain....Pages 287-289
Seasonal Changes in the Structure of the Neurohypophysis and Thyroid Gland of the Great Spotted Woodpecker, Dendrocopos major L.....Pages 290-290
Morphofunctional Activity of the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System (HHNS) After Destruction of the Median Eminence in Cold Stress....Pages 291-291
Effects of Posterior-Pituitary-Lobe Peptides on the Maintenance of a Conditioned Avoidance Response in Rats....Pages 292-292
Oxytocinergic Extrahypothalamic Neurosecretory System of the Vertebrates and Memory Processes....Pages 293-299
Functional Significance of Two Types of Neurosecretory Granules in the Posthypophysis: Ultrastructural and Cytochemical Approach....Pages 300-303
Functional State of the Praeoptico-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System (PHNS) of the Prespawning Lake Whitefish, Coregonus autumnalis migratorius G.....Pages 304-304
Oxytocic Activity of the Cerebrospinal Fluid and Changes in the EEG Before and During Pregnancy and Labor in the Rabbit....Pages 305-307
The Hypothalamic Influence on Secretion of the Adenohypophysis Cultured in the Anterior Chamber of the Eye....Pages 308-311
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Distribution of Vasopressin, Oxytocin, Neurophysin, Somatostatin, and Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone-Producing Neurons....Pages 312-319
Immunohistologic Identification of Vertebrate Neurophysins....Pages 320-323
Hypothalamic Neurosecretion in Mink ( Mustela vison Schreb.) Kept Under Various Photoperiodic Conditions....Pages 324-324
Annual Dynamics of Activity of the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System in Ground Squirrels, Citellus erythrogenys Brandt and C. undulatus Pallas....Pages 325-328
Morphofunctional Basis of Involutional Changes in the Neuroendocrine System....Pages 329-335
Interrelationship of the Hypothalamus and the Gonads in the Fish Aspro zindel L.....Pages 336-336
Effects of Low-Molecular-Weight Substances on Synthesis and Release of Prolactin in Rat....Pages 337-337
Front Matter....Pages 339-339
Caudal Neurosecretory System of Fishes in 1976....Pages 341-349
Acetylcholine in the Urophysis and Release of Urophysial Hormones by Neurotransmitters in Vitro....Pages 350-352
Caudal Neurosecretory System in Acipenseridae and Some Aspects of Its Evolution....Pages 353-356
Ultrastructure of the Caudal Neurosecretory System in Acipenseridae....Pages 357-357
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
Neurosecretion in the Frontal Ganglion of the Stick Insect, Carausius morosus ....Pages 361-364
Immunochemical Investigations on the Neuroendocrine System of the Cockroach, Periplaneta americana L.....Pages 365-369
Neural and Neurohormonal Control of the Circadian Rhythm of Blood Trehalose in the Cockroach Periplaneta americana (Insecta)....Pages 370-372
Midgut of Coleopteran Larvae, the Possible Target Organ for the Action of Neurohormones....Pages 373-376
Regulation of Midgut Amylolytic Activity in Tenebrio molitor Adults....Pages 377-377
Neurosecretory Cells of the Brain of Mamestra brassicae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) During Metamorphosis and Diapause Development....Pages 378-381
Neurosecretory System of the Polychaete Nephthys minuta Theel (Annelida, Polychaeta) and Its Possible Function in Salinity Acclimatization....Pages 382-382
Evolution of the Composition of the Brain Medial Neurosecretory Cells Within Neuropteroid and Mecopteroid Insects....Pages 383-385
Ultrastructure of the Dorsal Neurohemal Area of the Snail Theba pisana L. (Stylommatophora, Gastropoda)....Pages 386-389
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
Perisympathetic Organs of Insects: Their Physiologic Meaning....Pages 390-390
Distribution of Neurosecretory Cells in Polystoma integerrimum (Fröhlich, 1791) (Monogenoidea, Polystomatidae)....Pages 391-391
Neuroendocrine Control Mechanisms of Gametogenesis in Bivalve Molluscs Crenomytilus grayanus (Dunker) and Patinopecten yessoensis (Jay)....Pages 392-392
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
Current Trends in the Study of Vertebrate Neurosecretory Systems....Pages 395-397
Epilog....Pages 398-399
Concluding Remarks....Pages 400-401
Erratum to: Evolutionary Basis of the General Principle of Neuroendocrine Regulation. Interaction of Peptide and Monoamine Neurohormones in a Dual Control Mechanism....Pages 402-402
Back Matter....Pages 403-414