Glucocorticoids increase excitotoxic injury and inflammation in the hippocampus of adult male rats.

abstract：:Neuroanatomical attempts have been made to determine the synapses between luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH)-containing neurons and substance P (SP)-containing neurons in the hypothalamus of female rats. Wheat germ agglutinin was injected into the septo-preoptic area (SPA) and found to be incorporated into c...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Tsuruo Y,Kawano H,Hisano S,Kagotani Y,Daikoku S,Zhang T,Yanaihara N

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patch-clamp study was conducted on cultured frog pituitary melanotrophs, in order to investigate the effects of adrenaline on the electrical activity of these cells. In the whole-cell configuration, adrenaline (1 microM) caused hyperpolarization that was accompanied by a fall in membrane input resistance and a block...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Valentijn JA,Vaudry H,Cazin L

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:Relief of symptoms can be achieved following surgery for growth hormone (GH)-secreting adenomas, as well as after pharmacological therapy with somatostatin analogs. Recently, long-acting somatostatin analog depot formulations, octreotide LAR and lanreotide SR have become available. Somatostatin analogs control GH/insu...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Tolis G,Angelopoulos NG,Katounda E,Rombopoulos G,Kaltzidou V,Kaltsas D,Protonotariou A,Lytras A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum Glucose concentrations were measured before and after electrical stimulation in the ventromedial and supramamillary nuclei of the hypothalamus. 27 fed rats of both sexes were anesthetized with Sodium Pentobarbital. A 36 gauge nichrome electrode was positioned stereotaxically within the rat brain. Stimulus parame...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Gisel EG,Innes DL

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro release of LHRH from hypothalami of adult male rats (intact, 5-day castrates, 5-day castrates replaced with various doses of testosterone) was measured under basal conditions and after the addition of KCl, the opiate antagonist naloxone or the opiate agonist DAGO to the perifusion medium. Hypothalami from...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Nikolarakis KE,Pfeiffer DG,Almeida OF,Herz A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glass microknife lesions and immunocytochemistry were used to evaluate luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH)- and somatostatin (SS)-immunoreactive pathways from the preoptic region to the rat median eminence. Cuts were so placed that axons of more caudally located neurons in the periventricular hypothalamic ar...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Jew JY,Léránth C,Arimura A,Palkovits M

更新日期：1984-03-01 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：:The expression of the alpha-subunit of the glycoprotein hormones was studied in the developing rat pituitary by in situ hybridization and immunocytochemical techniques. The alpha-subunit mRNA labelling was detected in Rathke's pouch at 12 days' gestation (E12); at E13, it was exclusively concentrated in the pars tuber...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Stoeckel ME,Hindelang C,Klein MJ,Poissonnier M,Félix JM

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Type I gastric carcinoids (TIGCs) are neuroendocrine neoplasms arising from enterochromaffin-like cells in atrophic body gastritis. Data regarding their evolution in prospective series are scarce, thus treatment and follow-up are not codified. Our aim was to evaluate clinical outcome and recurrence in TIGCs ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Merola E,Sbrozzi-Vanni A,Panzuto F,D'Ambra G,Di Giulio E,Pilozzi E,Capurso G,Lahner E,Bordi C,Annibale B,Delle Fave G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of long-term decreases in circulating concentrations of prolactin was determined on the responsiveness of tuberoinfundibular dopamine (DA) neurons to this hormone. The activity of these neurons in ovariectomized rats was estimated by measuring the rate of DA synthesis (DOPA accumulation after the administra...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Demarest KT,Riegle GD,Moore KE

更新日期：1985-05-01 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 effect of frontal deafferentation of the medial basal hypothalamus on pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) gene expression was studied in the intermediate lobe (IL) and anterior lobe (AL) of the pituitary gland in the absence and presence of corticosterone (CORT). The lesion in the basal hypothalamus removed neural inputs ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Seger MA,van Eekelen JA,Kiss JZ,Burbach JP,de Kloet ER

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to search for candidate genes related to pituitary adenoma aggressiveness, the present investigation was intended to compare the mRNA expression profile from a pool of four nonfunctional pituitary adenomas (NFPA) with a spinal cord metastasis of a nonfunctional pituitary carcinoma (MNFPC). The metallothionein...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Giorgi RR,Correa-Giannella ML,Casarini AP,Machado MC,Bronstein MD,Cescato VA,Giannella-Neto D

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Differences in the cardiovascular and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis functions at high altitudes (HAs) between visitors to and natives of HA were examined. METHODS:The cardiovascular functions and peripheral oxygen saturation (SPO2) were monitored, and the cortisol awakening response (CAR) and nig...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Park JY,Hwang TK,Park HK,Ahn RS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distribution and properties of receptors for gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) were analyzed in the brain of adult male rats. Binding of the iodinated GnRH agonist Des-Gly10-(D-Ala6)-GnRH ethylamide was studied in hippocampus and anterior pituitary using three convergent approaches: quantitative autoradiography on...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Leblanc P,Crumeyrolle M,Latouche J,Jordan D,Fillion G,L'Heritier A,Kordon C,Dussaillant M,Rostène W,Haour F

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial implants of estradiol benzoate (EB) were used to explore sites of action for the activation of masculine copulatory behavior in castrated male rats. In experiment 1, 27 or 30 gauge implants were placed unilaterally throughout the hypothalamus and preoptic area. Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) was administered s...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Davis PG,Barfield RJ

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the eyes' role in maintaining the circadian rhythm in pituitary-adrenal function, 24-h patterns of corticosterone levels were compared in intact and blinded adult female rats. Rats were blinded by optic enucleation at approximately 80 days of age. Nonstress plasma corticosterone levels were determined fluorom...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Wilson MM,Rice RW,Critchlow V

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms by which leptin influences energy homeostasis are not entirely understood. Several observations indicate that proopiomelanocortin (POMC) is involved in the regulation of food intake and may be a mediator of leptin action. To further study this interaction, a sensitive solution hybridization assay was us...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Korner J,Chua SC Jr,Williams JA,Leibel RL,Wardlaw SL

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has shown an increase in hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis activity following naloxone administration to morphine-dependent rats. In the present study, we investigated the adaptive changes in the noradrenaline (NA) and dopamine (DA) systems in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) during mo...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Fuertes G,Laorden ML,Milanés MV

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has demonstrated that physiological concentrations of 17beta-estradiol can protect the female rat brain against middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO)-induced ischemic damage. The present study examined whether therapeutic doses of the clinically relevant selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), ta...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Mehta SH,Dhandapani KM,De Sevilla LM,Webb RC,Mahesh VB,Brann DW

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary cases of growth hormone (GH)-secreting tumors have been classified into three clinical entities: the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) syndrome, the Carney complex (CNC) and the isolated familial somatotropinomas (IFS). The genomic defects associated with MEN1 are all linked to various mutations of...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Lytras A,Tolis G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares the processing of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) at two Lys-Lys cleavage sites, located in the carboxy-terminal domain of the precursor, one site marking the amino terminus of beta-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (beta-MSH) and the other in the carboxy-terminus of beta-endorphin (beta E). These compari...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Lin HL,Day NC,Ueda Y,Martin DK,Dixon JE,Seidah NG,Akil H

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reuptake of dopamine into nerve terminals is the primary mechanism of inactivation of this neurotransmitter in the synaptic cleft. We report sex differences and estrous cycle variations of rat striatal dopamine uptake sites. During the estrous cycle, peak density of striatal dopamine uptake sites labelled with [3H...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Morissette M,Di Paolo T

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While interleukin-1 (IL-1), a monocyte-derived polypeptide, clearly stimulates the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, its precise site of action is controversial. In these studies, the possibility of a hypothalamic and/or a pituitary site of action was investigated in vitro, using incubated rat hypothalami and ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Tsagarakis S,Gillies G,Rees LH,Besser M,Grossman A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymic neuroendocrine neoplasms are rare tumours, but their management can often be highly problematic. While previously assumed to be essentially variants of bronchopulmonary (lung) carcinoids, they are generally more aggressive and more difficult to treat. Some 25% are associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia-1,...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Jia R,Sulentic P,Xu JM,Grossman AB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coadministration of growth hormone (GH) secretagogues can provide insight into the neuroregulation of GH secretion. The GH response to L-dopa (125, 250 and 500 mg orally for body weights less than 15 kg, between 15 and 30 kg and greater than 30 kg, respectively), arginine (Arg; 0.5 g/kg infused intravenously over ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Ghigo E,Bellone J,Imperiale E,Arvat E,Mazza E,Valetto MR,Boffano GM,Cappa M,Loche S,De Sanctis C

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TRPM8 is a member of the melastatin-type transient receptor potential ion channel family. Activation by cold or by agonists (menthol, icilin) induces a transient rise in intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)). Our previous study demonstrated that Ca(2+)-permeable cation channels play a role in IGF-1-in...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Mergler S,Strowski MZ,Kaiser S,Plath T,Giesecke Y,Neumann M,Hosokawa H,Kobayashi S,Langrehr J,Neuhaus P,Plöckinger U,Wiedenmann B,Grötzinger C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of stress- or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) endotoxin-induced release of ACTH, beta-endorphin (beta-END) and prolactin (PRL) was investigated in two groups of conscious male rats: (1) Rats pretreated with different H3 receptor agonists, which inhibit neuronal histamine (HA) synthesis and release, and (2) rats wi...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Knigge U,Søe-Jensen P,Jorgensen H,Kjaer A,Møller M,Warberg J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the course of the search for the prolactin-releasing factor (PRF), we noticed that the posterior pituitary contained strong PRF activity and subsequently traced this activity to that of bovine neurophysin-II (NP-II). NP-II prepared in our lab was judged to be a homogeneous preparation according to Sephadex G-75 gel...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Shin SH,Obonsawin MC

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00