Levels of CCK immunoreactivity and dopamine in the nucleus accumbens after 6-hydroxydopamine lesions of the ventral tegmental area and the nucleus accumbens.

abstract：:We have developed an extraction method and radioimmunoassay for the measurement of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) in rat tissues, using an antibody specific for IL-1 beta, IL-1 beta was detected in the spleen and thymus of control rats. Adrenalectomy (ADX) had no effect upon control levels of IL-1 beta. In animals wit...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Jessop DS,Chowdrey HS,Lightman SL

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative evaluation of octadecaneuropeptide-like immunoreactivity (ODN-Li) was carried out in hippocampus, cortex and cerebellum of group-reared or three month isolated male Wistar rats, whether muricidal or not. ODN-Li was lower in cortex and cerebellum of isolated animals, (mainly in muricidal) than of group-rea...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Miachon S,Tonon MC,Vaudry H,Buda M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxytocin, either intraperitoneally injected (200 ng/rat) or intracerebroventricularly infused (1 ng/rat in 4 microliters saline) 60 and 15 min respectively before testing, significantly increased the lordosis response to the mounting male of ovariectomized, estrogen/progesterone treated rats. The intracerebroventricul...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Arletti R,Bertolini A

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pheochromocytoma (PC-12) cells exposed to nerve growth factor (NGF) acquire a sympathetic neuron-like phenotype. This NGF-response is blocked by methylation inhibitors and can be mimicked by the farnesylated methylated small GTP-binding protein p21ras. The implicated involvement of prenylation, methylation and a small...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Haklai R,Lerner S,Kloog Y

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HPLC techniques were used to identify peptides that possess vasopressin-like immunoreactivity in the chicken neurohypophysis. The presence of arginine vasotocin (AVT) was confirmed together with arginine vasopressin (AVP). That the presence of AVP may be confined to the chicken, and not other avian species, was conclu...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Choy VJ,Watkins WB

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our previous study we have identified PACAP, VIP and their receptors in rat malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) cells, thus showing anti-apoptotic roles. Recently it has been shown that the tumor suppressor neurofibromin, encoded by the Neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) gene, promotes MPNST cells sensitivi...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Giunta S,Castorina A,Adorno A,Mazzone V,Carnazza ML,D'Agata V

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Potential physiological correlates of stress and the role of stress neuropeptides, other than those of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, in critical illness have not been addressed. We investigated: (a) serum levels of stress neuropeptides (ACTH, substance P (SP), neuropeptide Y (NPY), cortisol, prolac...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Mpouzika MD,Papathanassoglou ED,Giannakopoulou M,Bozas E,Middleton N,Boti S,Patiraki EI,Karabinis A

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antinociceptive effect of intrathecally (i.t.) administered protease inhibitors was tested against capsaicin (800 ng) injected into the dorsal surface of a hindpaw. Both p-hydroxymercuribenzoate (2-8 nmol), a cysteine protease inhibitor, and phosphoramidon (1-4 nmol), an endopeptidase 24.11 inhibitor in the presen...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Tan-No K,Taira A,Inoue M,Ohshima K,Sakurada T,Sakurada C,Nylander I,Demuth HU,Silberring J,Terenius L,Tadano T,Kisara K

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO) is a metabolic skeletal disorder with impaired bone density and bone quality in postmenopausal women. The aim of the present study was to investigate the correlation between neuropeptides, bone microstructure and pain threshold in ovariectomized (OVX) rats. METHODS:Female r...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Xie W,Li F,Han Y,Li Z,Xiao J

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attempts have been made to confirm reports that naloxonazine and Mr2034 are able to selectively antagonise morphine-induced analgesia and respiratory depression respectively. In the present studies these antagonists proved to be equi-effective against both the analgesic and respiratory depressant effects of morphine, ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Rourke JD,Shaw JS

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of FMRFamide on passive avoidance behaviour and electroshock-induced amnesia following intracerebroventricular administration were studied in rats. FMRFamide given immediately after the learning trial, or 20 min before the retention trial, attenuated the avoidance response, thereby impairing the consolidat...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Telegdy G,Bollók I

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using canine spleen and lung membranes as model systems, we have shown the presence of subtypes of ETB receptors. This classification was done based on the binding profiles of various analogs of ET-1 that have been identified as ETB-selective. Saturation binding experiments performed with [125I] ET-3 and [125I] IRL-12...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Nambi P,Pullen M,Brooks DP,Gellai M

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of biologically active peptides and related compounds (opioid peptides, neurotensin, and bradykinin) were used as substrates or competitive inhibitors to study the structural requirements for peptide interaction with endopeptidase 22.19. The kinetics of hydrolysis of these peptides indicated that, in contrast...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Camargo AC,Gomes MD,Toffoletto O,Ribeiro MJ,Ferro ES,Fernandes BL,Suzuki K,Sasaki Y,Juliano L

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tetra-peptide FMRF-NH(2) is a cardioexcitatory peptide in the clam. Using the antibody against this peptide, FMRF-NH(2)-like immunoreactive material was detected in mammalian CNS. Subsequently, mammalian FMRF-NH(2) immunoreactive peptides were isolated from bovine brain and characterized to be FLFQPQRF-NH(2) (NPFF...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Yang HY,Tao T,Iadarola MJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present investigation was to study the effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) on morphine withdrawal-induced behavioral changes and hypothermia in male CFLP mice. Elevated plus maze (EPM) and jump tests were used to assess naloxone-precipitated morphine withdrawal-induced ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Lipták N,Dochnal R,Babits A,Csabafi K,Szakács J,Tóth G,Szabó G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence suggests that blood borne hormones modulate brain mechanisms regulating blood pressure. This appears to be mediated by the circumventricular organs which are located in the walls of the brain ventricular system and lack the blood-brain barrier. Recent evidence shows that neurons of the circumvent...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Ufnal M,Skrzypecki J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of neuropeptide gene expression and their receptors in a tissue specific and stimulus inducible manner will determine in part behaviour and physiology. This can be a dynamic process resulting from short term changes in response to the environment or long term modulation imposed by epigenetically determi...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Quinn JP,Warburton A,Myers P,Savage AL,Bubb VJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study the influence of acute exposure of gastric mucosa to the sensory neurotoxin capsaicin on basal gastric acid secretion and on secretion induced by 2-deoxy-D-glucose or histamine in conscious dogs with gastric fistulae has been investigated. Under basal conditions intragastric capsaicin (160 microM, 50 ml ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Soldani G,Mengozzi G,Intorre L,Pacini F,Evangelista S

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-Arg containing dipeptides, H-Tyr-D-Arg-OMe and H-Tyr (Et)-D-Arg-OMe, and D-Arg2 substituted N-terminal tetrapeptides of dermorphin, H-Tyr-D-Arg-Phe-Gly-OEt and H-Tyr (Et)-D-Arg-Phe-Gly-OEt administered intracerebroventricularly exhibited dose-dependent antinociceptive activities in mice as measured by the tail press...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Sato T,Sakurada S,Sakurada T,Furuta S,Nakata N,Kisara K,Sasaki Y,Suzuki K

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desensitization is induced by the repeated administration of high doses of substance P (SP) or hemokinin-1 (HK-1). However, little information is available about the mechanisms involved in the induction of desensitization by these peptides. Thus, to characterize this desensitization, we examined the dose-dependent eff...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Naono R,Nakayama T,Ikeda T,Matsusima O,Nishimori T

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative roles of hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing-hormone (CRH) and vasopressin (AVP) as mediators of the stimulant effect of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and peptide histidine isoleucine (PHI) on ACTH and corticosterone (CORT) secretion, were examined using receptor blockade of endogenous CRH and AVP....

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Alexander LD,Sander LD

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found that Neuropeptide Y is colocalized with enkephalin in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. The two peptides can be found in the same granules in those cells where they coexist. These cells correspond to the adrenergic subpopulation of chromaffin cells since they contain the epinephrine synthetic enzyme, phen...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Pruss RM,Mezey E,Forman DS,Eiden LE,Hotchkiss AJ,DiMaggio DA,O'Donohue TL

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous injections of neurotensin (NT) (0.5, 1 and 2 nmoles kg-1) evoked dose-dependent increases in histaminemia and hematocrit, and marked hypotensive effect, in anesthetized rats. The increase of plasma histamine was rapid in onset (within sec), peak plasma histamine being reached in less than 2 min. The declin...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Kérouac R,St-Pierre S,Rioux F

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a 36 amino acid peptide, which among others, plays a pivotal role in stress response. Although previous studies confirmed that NPY release is increased by stress in several species, the exact mechanism of the stress-induced NPY release has not been elucidated yet. In the present study, we exami...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Ko L,Rotoli G,Grignol G,Hu W,Merchenthaler I,Dudas B

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of beta-endorphin (1-27) immunoreactive cell bodies and fibres was studied in the diencephalon of the cat using an indirect immunoperoxidase technique. In the thalamus, almost all the immunoreactive fibres were found in the midline region and in nuclei located near the midline, whereas in the hypothal...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Coveñas R,de León M,Narváez JA,Tramu G,Aguirre JA,González-Barón S

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of somatostatin on inhibition of both normal and tumor cell cycle, secretion of endocrine and exocrine cells, as well as induction apoptosis is well documented. However, its effect on T cell development and thymic structure is not fully clarified. In order to investigate the influence of somatostatin in vivo ...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Petrović-Dergović DM,Rakin AK,Dimitrijević LA,Ristovski JS,Kustrimović NZ,Mićić MV

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the hot plate test the intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of oxytocin produced a significant decrease in nociception, starting from the dose of 1 microgram/rat. A comparable effect was obtained with 10-200 times higher intraperitoneal (i.p.) doses. The i.c.v. injection of the oxytocin antagonist d(CH2)5-Tyr...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Arletti R,Benelli A,Bertolini A

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a potent serine protease inhibitor, Boc-D-Phe-Pro-Arg-H, on the secretion and content of ACTH and beta-endorphin-like immunoreactivities of cultured rat anterior pituitary cells were studied. Basal release of the hormones was not affected by the drug but secretion in response to stalk-median eminence ex...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Barna I,Gráf L,Makara GB,Rappay G

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of evidence indicate a role for neuropeptide Y (NPY) in the modulation of the corticotroph axis. In two separate studies reported here, the concentrations of NPY and noradrenaline (NA), as well as corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and arginine vasopressin (AVP), were measured in extracts of individual...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Pralong FP,Corder R,Gaillard RC

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since there are conflicting reports regarding the effects of somatostatin (SS) on cyclic AMP levels in astrocytes derived from rat cerebral cortex and, to date, the SS binding to mature astrocytes is unknown, the present study has determined SS binding and its effect on cyclic AMP accumulation in a fresh astrocyte-ric...

journal_title：Neuropeptides

authors： Colás B,Arilla E,Prieto JP

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00