Evidence for a free-running circadian rhythm in pituitary-adrenal function in blinded adult female rats.

abstract：:A portion of medial basal hypothalamus containing the supraoptic nuclei with the neurohypophysis attached was organ cultured. Hypothalamus and neurohypophysis were maintained in separate compartments, and the intact infundibular stalk passed through a hole in a fluid-tight barrier which separated the two compartments....

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Gregg CM

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal nitric oxide synthase, e.g. NADPH diaphorase (NADPH-d), catalyzes formation of the free radical, nitric oxide (NO), and occurs within brain structures that have functional significance for energy fuel homeostasis. The following studies examined whether populations of NADPH-d-positive neurons in the hypothalam...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Briski KP,Sylvester PW

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rats anesthetized with sodium pentobarbital, adrenal venous blood samples were collected and analyzed for epinephrine and norepinephrine by the fluorometric method. Stimulation of the inferior fovea or adjacent areas resulted in a significant increase in epinephrine secretion. Stimulation of some other areas of the...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Matsui H

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormones and nitric oxide/cyclic guanosine monophosphate (NO/cGMP) signaling play a significant role in the structural development of the cerebellum, respectively. In the present study, the possible contribution of neuronal NO synthase (NOS) and cGMP in the thyroid hormone-induced structural changes was invest...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Serfozo Z,de Vente J,Elekes K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In man and other mammals, starvation is accompanied by a severe suppression of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) and luteinizing-hormone (LH) secretion, which is caused by unknown alterations in hypothalamic functions. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), endorphins and testosterone (T) are know to be strongly involved...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Küderling I,Dorsch G,Warnhoff M,Pirke KM

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristic increases in neuronal activity coincident with the pulsatile release of luteinizing hormone from the pituitary gland have been recorded from electrodes chronically implanted in the medial basal hypothalamus of the rhesus monkey. This electrophysiologic manifestation of the hypothalamic 'pulse generator'...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Wilson RC,Kesner JS,Kaufman JM,Uemura T,Akema T,Knobil E

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth hormone secretagogue receptor subtype 1a (GHSR-1a) is involved in biological actions of ghrelin by triggering intracellular second messengers coupled to heterotrimeric G-protein complex involving Galpha(q/11). Adenosine is a partial agonist of the GHSR-1a, binding to a binding pocket distinct from the one d...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Carreira MC,Camiña JP,Smith RG,Casanueva FF

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the variations in growth hormone (GH) and somatostatin (SOM) mRNAs in adult, middle-aged and aging rats of both sexes using quantitative in situ hybridization. cDNA probes complementary to GH mRNA and SOM mRNA were used on fixed pituitary and hypothalamic sections, respectively. A clear sexual dim...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Martinoli MG,Ouellet J,Rhéaume E,Pelletier G

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of selected leukotrienes and hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs) on prolactin release from primary cultures of female rats anterior pituitary cells. Leukotrienes B4, C4, and D4 had no effect on basal prolactin release; however, they did enhance prolactin release that was stimulated by 1 or 5 n...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Judd AM,Spangelo BL,Ehreth JT,MacLeod RM

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro perifusion system was used to investigate immunoreactive beta-endorphin (beta-END-I) release from adult human hypothalami in response to dopamine (DA) and the DA receptor antagonist haloperidol (HAL). Administration of a 1 microM pulse of DA consistently elicited a mean (+/- SE) 88 +/- 9% increase (p less ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Rasmussen DD,Liu JH,Wolf PL,Yen SS

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigates the role of melanotrope proopiomelanocortin-derived peptide in the interrenal stress response to different stressors in male gilthead sea bream, Sparus aurata. Plasma cortisol and acetyl salmon endorphin (acetyl s-EP), as well as pituitary acetyl s-EP contents, were measured during two s...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Mosconi G,Gallinelli A,Polzonetti-Magni AM,Facchinetti F

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between concentrations of vasopressin in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was examined under basal and hypoxic conditions in unanesthetized and unrestrained adult female sheep. Under basal conditions mean (+/- SE) concentration of vasopressin (4.1 +/- 0.3 pg/ml) in CSF was significantly (p less th...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Stark RI,Daniel SS,Husain MK,Zubrow AB,James LS

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) has immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory actions within the brain. In this study, we tested whether these actions are due to inhibition of the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandins induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Since melanocor...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Caruso C,Mohn C,Karara AL,Rettori V,Watanobe H,Schiöth HB,Seilicovich A,Lasaga M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reproductive facet of ghrelin, a stomach-derived orexigenic peptide involved in energy homeostasis, has been recently suggested, and predominantly inhibitory effects of ghrelin upon luteinizing hormone (LH) secretion have been demonstrated in rat models. Yet, the modulatory actions of ghrelin on the gonadotropic axi...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Fernández-Fernández R,Tena-Sempere M,Navarro VM,Barreiro ML,Castellano JM,Aguilar E,Pinilla L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the dopamine (DA) receptor antagonist metoclopramide on the plasma thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and prolactin (PRL) levels were studied in 8 patients with subclinical hypothyroidism (defined as absence of clinical signs of hypothyroidism with normal thyroid hormone levels, normal or slightly increa...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Lombardi G,Iodice M,Miletto P,Merola B,Panza N,Annunziato L

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic administration of the mineralocorticoid deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA) induces a steady and robust increase in salt appetite and plasma Na(+) over the course of treatment. Interestingly, salt appetite behavior persists in rats even with elevated plasma Na(+) levels. Since there is evidence that the pathway...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Lucas LR,Pompei P,McEwen BS

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that primary hypothyroidism induced in the rat was able to stimulate the biosynthesis of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) in the anterior pituitary (AP). Since the AP VIP is known to stimulate prolactin (PRL) secretion through a paracrine and/or autocrine mechanism, it is interesting to hy...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Watanobe H,Sasaki S

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma TSH responses after an i.v. injection of 100 mg of L-dopa were evaluated by radioimmunoassay in 4 normal euthyroid subjects and in 8 patients with primary hypothyroidism. In agreement with previous results, no variations to plasma TSH levels were observed in the euthyroid subjects. In contrast, in primary hypo...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Minozzi M,Faggiano M,Lombardi G,Carella C,Criscuolo T,Scapagnini U

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciliary neurotropic factor (CNTF) is a neuroregulatory cytokine belonging to the interleukin-6 type cytokine superfamily. Although a few studies have reported a facilitatory action of CNTF on the reproductive axis in rodents, information along this line is still very limited. In this study, we examined a possible role...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Watanobe H,Habu S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin, the product of the obese gene, is a protein that is secreted primarily from adipocytes. Leptin can influence the function of the pituitary gland through its action on the hypothalamus, but it can also directly act at the level of the pituitary gland. The ability of leptin to induce an increase in intracellular...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Glavaski-Joksimovic A,Rowe EW,Jeftinija K,Scanes CG,Anderson LL,Jeftinija S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) stimulates GH secretion in man and the hormonal response is specific. The attenuation of GH response to bolus GHRH after prior exposure of GHRH of up to 24 h was not demonstrated in normal or GH-deficient subjects after more prolonged exposure. This suggests that the partial los...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Low LC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The push-pull perfusion technique, in conjunction with specific radioimmunoassays, was used to monitor the release of both arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OXT) within distinct limbic brain areas of conscious female rats. In pregnant rats near term, the release of AVP was greater than that of virgin rats in bo...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Landgraf R,Neumann I,Pittman QJ

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatostatin receptors on lactotroph cells of the anterior pituitary are positively regulated by estradiol. In the present work, we investigated whether estradiol regulation of somatostatin receptors also occurred in the female rat brain. 125I-Tyr0-DTrp8-somatostatin (125I-SRIF: 780 Ci/mM) was used as a ligand. Female...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Slama A,Videau C,Kordon C,Epelbaum J

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanol extracts of rat plasma resulted in release of prolactin (PRL) from rat hemipituitaries in vitro with a linear log-dose relationship. This prolactin-releasing factor (PRF)-like activity was not altered in plasma from rats treated with bromocryptine or chlorpromazine despite significant suppression and stimulat...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Garthwaite TL,Hagen TC

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P4) interact to influence tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic neuronal activity and contribute to the control of prolactin (PRL) release. This study examined tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA signal levels in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus and tyrosine hydroxylase activity in the stalk-me...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Arbogast LA,Voogt JL

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substance P (SP) is known to act on pituitary hormone release either at the hypothalamic level or directly at the pituitary level. In order to investigate whether SP is present in the pituitary gland and to localize the peptide at the cellular and subcellular levels, the immunocytological method was used. Rat pituitar...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Morel G,Chayvialle JA,Kerdelhue B,Dubois PM

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effects of pituitary allografts on the prolactin (PRL)-secretory system are presumed to be consequences of the unabated release of PRL by the allografts. In the present studies we used pituitary allografts in the Golden Syrian hamster to address the following questions: (a) Do allografts of adult adenoh...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Campbell GT,Gore AC,Woller MJ,Blake CA

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin exerts important effects on the regulation of food intake and energy expenditure by acting in the brain. Leptin action is mediated by the interaction with a receptor that is alternatively spliced, resulting in at least five different isoforms. The long form (OB-Rb) has a long intracellular domain that is essent...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Burguera B,Couce ME,Long J,Lamsam J,Laakso K,Jensen MD,Parisi JE,Lloyd RV

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypophysial portal vessels and anterior pituitary glands of adult male rats were surgically exposed, cannulated and infused for 1 min with saline, growth hormone-releasing factor (GH-RF), and dbcAMP. After cessation of infusion, anterior pituitary glands were collected at 1, 5, 15, 30 or 60 min for electron micros...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Wilbur DL,Worthington WC Jr,Markwald RR

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although previously considered rare, recent epidemiological studies have revealed that the incidence (3.6/100,000) and prevalence (35/100,000) of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs) has increased over the past few decades. Despite the progress in the understanding of GEP-NET molecular biology, ther...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Cigrovski Berkovic M,Cacev T,Catela Ivkovic T,Zjacic-Rotkvic V,Kapitanovic S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00