Neuropeptide W influences the excitability of neurons in the rat hypothalamic arcuate nucleus.

abstract：:Experiments were carried out to increase the endogenous levels of TRH in brain and spinal cord. After 7 days of continuous oral ingestion of TRH analogs (D-pGlu-Leu-ProNH2, pGlu-Leu-Pro, pGlu-Pro-ProNH2, or pGlu-Leu-pyrrolidide), spinal cord and brain levels of TRH were elevated, whereas the content of TRH metabolite,...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Prasad C,Eloby-Childress S,Iriuchijima T,Wilber JF,Szirtes T,Kisfaludy L

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of folliculo-stellate (FS) cells of the anterior pituitary to estrogen has been studied in two strains of rat which differ in estrogen responsiveness. Fischer 344 (F344) rats are highly estrogen-responsive in comparison to Sprague-Dawley (S-D) rats. Ovariectomized adults were implanted with silastic capsu...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Schechter J,Ahmad N,Weiner R

更新日期：1988-11-01 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：:An influence of thyroid status on the secretory activity of hypothalamic dopaminergic neurons was observed in adult rats and its involvement in the regulation of prolactin (PRL) secretion was examined. The secretory activity of the tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic (TIDA) neurons was evaluated by measurement of dopamine...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Reymond MJ,Benotto W,Lemarchand-Béraud T

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progesterone is readily reduced in humans to its A-ring metabolites, allopregnanolone (3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one) and pregnanolone (3 alpha-hydroxy-5 beta-pregnan-20-one). The latter have been reported to have anxiolytic, hypnotic and anesthetic actions when administered to laboratory animals and (or) hum...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Freeman EW,Purdy RH,Coutifaris C,Rickels K,Paul SM

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of melatonin administration on thyroid physiology of female hamsters was investigated. A protocol of 25 micrograms given daily as subcutaneous injections late in the light period was found to inhibit blood levels of thyroxin (T4), triiodothyronine (T3) and thyrotropin (TSH). The free T4 index (FT4I) and th...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Vriend J,Richardson BA,Vaughan MK,Johnson LY,Reiter RJ

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of the bovine pineal peptide threonylseryllysine (TSL) to unilaterally ovariectomized (UO) mice as a single intraperitoneal injection on the day of UO reduced the 5-day compensatory ovarian hypertrophy. The same dose of TSL (175 ng/animal) significantly (p less than 0.01) reduced serum follicle stimulat...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Orts RJ,Bruot BC,Sartin JL

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many aspects of reproductive neuroendocrine function and sexual behavior are responsive to both androgens and estrogens, suggesting that receptors for these steroid hormones may reside within single cells in brain regions that control reproductive function. We determined the distribution of estrogen receptor-containin...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Wood RI,Newman SW

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of obesity is rapidly escalating and has reached epidemic proportions. In all species, including rodents, humans, and sheep, there is large variation in the degree of weight gain across individuals in response to an obesogenic environment. This individual variation is, at least in part, determined by inn...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Henry BA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies indicate that 7 days after testicular administration of naloxone, serum testosterone (T) concentration and basal T secretion in vitro decrease significantly. In neonatal rats, short-term (2 h) intratesticular treatment with 0.3 micrograms (D-Met2-Pro5)-enkephalinamide suppresses steroidogenesis. In th...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Gerendai I,Nemeskéri A,Csernus V

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lewis (LEW) and Fischer 344 (F344) rats differ in responsiveness of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis as well as in their behavioral responses to drugs of abuse. The present experiments were conducted to compare hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone (AC...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Simar MR,Saphier D,Goeders NE

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recent data indicate that there is a link between depression and diabetes and that excess glucocorticoids may play an underlying role in the pathogenesis of both of these diseases. The aim of the present study was to determine whether there are any alterations in glucose, glycogen, glucose transporters, in...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Detka J,Kurek A,Basta-Kaim A,Kubera M,Lasoń W,Budziszewska B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that the serotonergic regulation of renin secretion from the kidneys is mediated by a renin-releasing factor (RRF) that is present in both plasma and hypothalamus. The present studies were designed to determine the distribution of RRF in the brain and peripheral tissues and to test whether RRF...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Urban JH,Brownfield MS,Levine JE,Van de Kar LD

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several molecular forms related to the decapeptide LHRH were characterized and quantified in various brain structures of intact and castrated male and female rats. Distinct moieties were separated by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and radioimmunoassayed against anti-LHRH antibodies of different specific...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Gautron JP,Pattou E,Leblanc P,L'Héritier A,Kordon C

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estradiol rapidly regulates the activity of arcuate nucleus (ARH) proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons that project to the medial preoptic nucleus (MPN) to regulate lordosis. Orphanin FQ/nociceptin (OFQ/N) acts via opioid receptor-like (ORL)-1 receptors to inhibit these POMC neurons. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Conde K,Meza C,Kelly MJ,Sinchak K,Wagner EJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine hydroxylase activity in noradrenergic neurons of the locus coeruleus was found to rise in bilaterally adrenalectomized adult mice, with maximum increase of the enzyme activity (52% above control) occurring 7 days after the surgery. No such increase of tyrosine hydroxylase activity was found in dopaminergic ne...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Markey KA,Sze PY

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the effects of short-term exposure to constant light, initiated at the time of ovariectomy, on the ability of estradiol (E2) treatment alone or in conjunction with progesterone (P) to induce afternoon surges of LH and prolactin (PRL). Adult Fischer 344 rats, which had been ovariectomized...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Sterner MR,Cohen IR

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The storage form of prolactin (PRL) was converted into the releasable form in the lactating rat pituitary gland within 10 min of suckling by 6 pups following 4-5 h of nonsuckling on postpartum day 13-14. The characteristics of the PRL discharge from the releasable pool into the circulation was then studied using a sti...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Grosvenor CE

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility was investigated that centrally administered rat prolactin (PRL), i.e., intracerebroventricularly (ICV) or intrathecally (IT), may influence mammary contractility in urethane-anesthetized lactating rats. In addition to the monomer (23 kD PRL), the 16- and 7-kD PRL fragments were also tested and their e...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Morales MT,Mena F

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further investigate the role of serotonin in human prolactin (Prl) secretion, serotonin antagonists have been administered to healthy volunteers in basal conditions and after pretreatment with the selective blocker of dopamine receptors, pimozide (Pim). Highly significant falls (p less than 0.001) in serum Prl were...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Ferrari C,Caldara R,Romussi M,Rampini P,Telloli P,Zaatar S,Curtarelli G

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal gluconeogenesis is a recently described function in intestinal glucose metabolism. In particular, the intestine contributes around 20-25% of total endogenous glucose production during fasting. Intestinal gluconeogenesis appears to regulate energy homeostasis via a neurally mediated mechanism linking the ent...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Mithieux G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and glucocorticoid hormones represent two key mediators involved in the modulation of the neuroimmunoendocrine response to stress. IL-1 is a potent activator of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in rodents. In the immune system, glucocorticoids modulate IL-1 production and a number of ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Betancur C,Lledo A,Borrell J,Guaza C

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoneutralization of endogenous gonadal steroids has recently been shown to modify pineal beta-adrenoceptor function in intact Merino ewes. In the current study, interactions between gonadal steroids and these receptors have been further investigated. beta-Adrenoceptor density and binding affinity both showed time-...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Foldes A,Maxwell CA,Scaramuzzi RJ,Donnelly JB,Hoskinson RM,Rintoul AJ

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of (D-Met2,Pro5)-enkephalinamide--a superactive enkephalin analogue--on the preovulatory discharge of gonadotrophic hormones and on ovulation were investigated. Injection of the opioid (16 nmol) into a lateral cerebral ventricle of regularly cycling female rats immediately before the critical period on the...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Köves K,Marton J,Molnár J,Halász B

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue-specific stem cells are uncovered in a growing number of organs by their molecular expression profile and their potential for self-renewal, multipotent differentiation and tissue regeneration. Whether the pituitary gland also contains a pool of versatile 'master' cells that drive homeostatic, plastic and regene...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Vankelecom H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple unit activity (MUA) was recorded from the adrenocorticotropic area (n. posterior medialis hypothalami, PMH) of unrestrained resting pigeons throughout the 24 h period and compared with plasma corticosterone levels (B). Bilateral electrolytic lesions of the hippocampus suppressed diurnal variations of MUA and ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Bouillé C,Baylé JD

更新日期：1978-01-01 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：: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：:Gonadal steroids exert an important regulatory influence upon the biosynthetic and secretory activity of the somatostatin and growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) neurons controlling the release of growth hormone. It is hypothesized that some of these effects occur in an indirect transsynaptic manner through the st...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Pannell C,Simonian SX,Gillies GE,Luscher B,Herbison AE

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE:Cortisol is thought to be involved in the pathophysiology of affective disorders. Less attention has been given to other neuroendocrine factors. The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that adrenocortical steroids aldosterone and cortisol show different dynamic changes in the course...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Izakova L,Hlavacova N,Segeda V,Kapsdorfer D,Morovicsova E,Jezova D

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00