Peptide and Amino Acid Transport Mechanisms in the Central Nervous System

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Neuropeptide transport mechanisms in the central nervous system....Pages 3-19
Peptides and the blood brain barrier: penetration and modulating influences....Pages 21-32
Peptides and cerebral microvessels....Pages 33-40
Peptide receptors of the cerebral capillary endothelium and the transport of amino acids across the blood-brain barrier....Pages 41-53
Transport of encephalins from the cerebrospinal fluid of the rabbit....Pages 55-66
The uptake by choroid plexus and passage into CSF of 125I-prolactin in preterm rabbits....Pages 67-78
Insulin as a regulatory peptide in the CNS....Pages 79-90
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Structural aspects of the blood-brain and blood-CSF barriers with respect to endogenous proteins....Pages 93-101
The origins and functions of proteins in CSF in the developing brain....Pages 103-118
Cyclic nucleotide-mediated regulation of albumin transport in brain microvessels....Pages 119-128
Immunocytochemical screening of natural antibodies against glia and ependyma....Pages 129-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Delta sleep promoting effect of a delta sleep-inducing peptide....Pages 141-146
The effects of vasopressin and related peptides on tolerance to ethanol....Pages 147-156
The effect of enkephalins and of enkephalinase inhibitors on the central cholinergic mechanisms participating in the peripheral adrenergic activation....Pages 157-166
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Experimental psychosis and transport of amino acids and peptides across the blood-brain barrier....Pages 169-181
Parkinson’s disease and depression: possible role for neuropeptides of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis....Pages 183-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Amino acid uptake in synaptosomal preparations....Pages 195-208
Exchange diffusion of large neutral amino acids between blood and brain....Pages 209-217
Kinetic analyses of carrier mediated blood-brain barrier transport with reference to amino acids....Pages 219-228
Factors that influence the concentrations of amino acids in cerebrospinal fluid....Pages 229-239
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Amino acid transport by a glial blood-brain barrier: studies in an elasmobranch fish....Pages 241-244
A comparative view of amino acid transport across the blood-brain barrier (endothelium) and the placenta (trophoblast)....Pages 245-266
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Transport and barrier systems of the cerebral microvasculature: enzymatic aspects....Pages 269-278
The effect of cAMP and adenylate cyclase activators on cerebrospinal fluid formation....Pages 279-285
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Techniques for the study of the blood-brain barrier in non-mammalian species....Pages 289-303
Is pulsation important for the brain?....Pages 305-316
A supravital brain perfusion technique for the study of the blood-brain barrier: With Special Reference to Leucine Transport....Pages 317-331
Back Matter....Pages 333-335