Regulatory Peptides

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Regulatory peptide immunocytochemistry at light and electron microscopical levels....Pages 11-33
Aspects of measurement and analysis of regulatory peptides....Pages 34-50
Hybridisation histochemistry....Pages 51-69
Regulatory peptide receptors: Visualization by autoradiography....Pages 70-97
Combined axonal transport tracing and immunocytochemistry for mapping pathways of peptide-containing nerves in the peripheral nervous system....Pages 98-112
The use of cell and tissue culture techniques in the study of regulatory peptides....Pages 113-136
Quantitative analysis of autoradiograms....Pages 137-153
Coexistence of peptides with classical neurotransmitters....Pages 154-179
Peptides and epithelial growth regulation....Pages 180-191
Post-translational proteolytic processing of precursors to regulatory peptides....Pages 192-209
Transgenic mouse models and peptide producing endocrine tumours: morpho-functional aspects....Pages 210-219
Endocrine cells producing regulatory peptides....Pages 220-246
Neuropeptides and the microcircuitry of the enteric nervous system....Pages 247-265
Neuropeptides and the ocular innervation....Pages 266-291
Peptides in the mammalian cardiovascular system....Pages 292-316
Regulatory peptides in the respiratory system....Pages 317-333
Neuropeptides in pelvic afferent pathways....Pages 334-361
Regulatory peptides in the mammalian urogenital system....Pages 362-381
Back Matter....Pages 382-406