The Peptidergic Neuron

Front Matter....Pages I-XXIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Retrospective and prospectives for research on neurosecretion....Pages 3-6
Patterns of peptide discharge — implications for Dale’s principle....Pages 7-12
The paraneuron revisited....Pages 13-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Role of convertases in the processing of neuropeptides and neurotrophins....Pages 21-38
Biosynthesis of neuropeptides in cnidarians: evidence for unusual neuropeptide precursor processing enzymes....Pages 39-46
Evidence for a receptor-mediated mechanism for sorting proopiomelanocortin to the regulated secretory pathway....Pages 47-54
Molecular mechanisms of neurotransmitter and neuropeptide release....Pages 55-72
Scanning electron microscopy of an active neurohaemal area, the cockroach ( Periplaneta americana ) corpora cardiaca: looking at neurosecretion from an unprecedented viewpoint....Pages 73-79
Varicosity formation and non-synaptic release of large core vesicles in the co-culture of neuronal and smooth muscle cells....Pages 81-85
Cell-surface peptidases involved in neuropeptide metabolism: an overview....Pages 87-102
The TRH-degrading ectoenzyme: a putative signal-terminator within the central nervous system and adenohypophyseal regulator of hormone secretion....Pages 103-107
The function of glial cells in the inactivation of neuropeptides....Pages 109-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Molecular biology of peptide receptors....Pages 121-134
Reduction of somatostatin-14 binding to the rat somatostatin receptor subtype 3 by Na + is enhanced by mutation of the glutamate residue 92 in the transmembrane domain II....Pages 135-139
Somatostatin receptor subtypes in human astrocytes and gliomas: Influence of cultivation process....Pages 141-150
Coexistence of angiotensin receptors and angiotensin in hypothalamic neurons of the rat....Pages 151-155
Bradykinin binding sites on isolated cultured dorsal root ganglion cells demonstrated with gold-labelled bradykinin....Pages 157-162
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
The invertebrate neurosecretory cell: state of the art....Pages 165-176
Neurotrophin-like immunoreactivity in the nervous system of the earthworm Eisenia foetida (Annelida, Oligochaeta)....Pages 177-183
The Met-callatostatins of the blowfly Calliphora vomitoria : post-translational modifications, neuronal mapping and functional significance....Pages 185-193
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Secretory stimulation induces the preferential release of newly synthesized peptide hormones by the neuroendocrine adipokinetic cells of Locusta migratoria ....Pages 195-204
Tachykinin- and FMRFamide-like immunopositive neurons in the developing central complex of the beetle Tenebrio molitor ....Pages 205-210
Comparative aspects of neurohypophyseal hormone genes....Pages 211-219
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Signal transduction and second messengers in neurosecretory cells....Pages 223-237
Multi-signal transduction of moth pheromone biosynthesis-activating neuropeptide (PBAN) and its modulation: Involvement of G-proteins?....Pages 239-244
Analysis of the effect of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) on growth hormone (GH) secretion in GH 3 cells....Pages 245-249
Expression of vasotocin gene during metamorphosis in the bullfrog hypothalamus....Pages 251-257
Basal-medial hypothalamus conducts the development of GnRH neurons....Pages 259-264
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Behavioural effects of neuropeptides: central and peripheral mechanisms of action of vasopressin....Pages 267-277
Effects of tank colour and stress on melanin-concentrating hormone gene expression in the rainbow trout....Pages 279-284
Endocrine influence on vasopressin-enhanced retrieval of a passive avoidance response....Pages 285-290
Functional evidence for a transmission of peptides along the olfactory systems into the brain in healthy humans....Pages 291-296
C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) in the mammalian pineal gland: An endogenous autocrine peptide ?....Pages 297-302
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
The role of neuropeptides in immunoregulatory processes....Pages 305-314
Neuropeptides in hypothalamic pathology....Pages 315-328
Impact of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy in differential diagnosis of meningeoma....Pages 329-336
Uptake of I-125 radiolabelled dynorphin in glioma cell cultures....Pages 337-341
Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) — a paracrine factor in astrocytes and an autocrine factor in astrocytomas....Pages 343-351
Back Matter....Pages 352-356