abstract：:The ability of neuropeptides to act as precursors for smaller, biologically active fragments is discussed in terms of their biotransformation. This process may involve cleavage of the parent peptide by peptidase enzymes to produce shorter polypeptides with defined biological activity, though other enzymic processes su...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Griffths EC,McDermott JR

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intraventricular and intravenous (i.v.) hypertonic saline on plasma and perfusate arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OT) levels was determined. A push-pull technique was used to sample third ventricular cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the conscious unrestrained rat. Intraventricular perfusion of hyper...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Morris M,Barnard RR Jr,Sain LE

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical stimulation in the subfornical organ (SFO) alters the excitability of antidromically identified paraventricular nucleus neurons. Extracellular recordings demonstrate that the dominant effect of single stimuli delivered to the SFO on neurohypophyseal oxytocin and vasopressin containing neurons is an increase...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Ferguson AV,Day TA,Renaud LP

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of endogenous opiate peptides in the mesencephalic central gray (MCG) and their possible interactions with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in the regulation of lordosis behavior was assessed in ovariectomized, estrogen-treated and estrogen-progesterone-treated female rats. Lordosis behavior triggered by...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Sirinathsinghji DJ

更新日期：1984-09-01 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 ligand specificities of sites binding tritium-labeled arginine vasopressin (3H-AVP) were investigated in membrane preparations of rat anterior pituitary gland and liver. Labeled AVP interacted with high-affinity, low-capacity binding sites in liver as well as in pituitary membrane fractions. Binding displacement s...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Antoni FA

更新日期：1984-08-01 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 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 developmental pattern of hypophyseal luteinizing hormone (LH) during fetal and early postnatal life, and the capacity of fetal and early postnatal pituitaries to synthesize, release and store LH in the absence of any hypothalamic influence were investigated. Pituitary radioimmunoassayable LH was detectable by feta...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Nemeskéri A,Kurcz M,Halász B

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnant rats were kept on an ethanol-containing (6% w/v) liquid diet from the 13th day of gestation and serum growth hormone (GH) levels were determined in the offspring after four different experimental paradigms. In controls, administration of cyproheptadine (a serotonin-blocking agent), or insulin, or exposure to ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Thadani PV

更新日期：1984-04-01 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：:In the Djungarian hamster Phodopus sungorus, the daily temporal pattern of synthesis and release of pineal hormone melatonin, mainly the length of the period of elevated melatonin levels, may be involved in transferring the information on day length to the neuroendocrine-gonadal axis. The present study investigated th...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Illnerová H,Hoffmann K,Vanĕcek J

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that the stimulation of LH release by the opiate receptor blocker, naloxone, can be prevented by catecholamine synthesis inhibitors, suggesting opiate regulation of catecholamine release. The present study tested whether an opiate agonist and antagonist would affect the depletion of hypotha...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Adler BA,Crowley WR

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the role and site of action of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in ovine pineal glands, we have investigated the effects of aminooxyacetic acid (AOAA), an inhibitor of GABA transaminase, on endogenous GABA content and beta-adrenoceptor mediated pineal function in Merino sheep. A significant elevation of endog...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Foldes A,Maxwell CA,Rintoul AJ,Edols RW

更新日期：1984-03-01 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 differential role of porcine follicular fluid (pFF) in regulating follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) release in vivo in situations of different gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) backgrounds was studied. In experiment 1, 2-week ovariectomized rats injected intravenously with 4, 16 o...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Charlesworth MC,Grady RR,Shin L,Vale WW,Rivier C,Rivier J,Schwartz NB

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Mediobasal hypothalamic slices of adult ovariectomized (OVX) rats treated or not with 17 beta-estradiol (E2) were superfused in buffered (pH 7.2) Locke medium containing bacitracin. A 6-min pulse of K+ (56 m M) was less effective in releasing luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LH-RH) from mediobasal hypo...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Drouva SV,Laplante E,Gautron JP,Kordon C

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) synthesis [accumulation of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) following inhibition of aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase with NSD 1015] and metabolism [concentration of the primary metabolite of 5-HT, 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid (5-HIAA)] were measured in the suprachiasmatic (SCN), medial preopt...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Johnston CA,Demarest KT,Moore KE

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurotransmitter and andrenoceptors involved in the inhibition of luteinizing hormone (LH) release induced by stimulating the locus ceruleus nucleus (LC) have been characterized in ovariectomized, estrogen-primed rats in which the release of LH was triggered by electrical stimulation of the medial preoptic area. B...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Dotti C,Taleisnik S

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capability of the anterior pituitary gland to secrete growth hormone (GH) in response to an intravenous injection of growth hormone-releasing factor, hpGRF-44, was evaluated in male rats ranging from 22 days to 24 months of age. The increase in GH concentrations following a submaximal dose of hpGRF-44 (0.5 microgr...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Wehrenberg WB,Ling N

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the paraventricular nucleus of normal or adrenalectomized colchicine-treated guinea pigs and rats, corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OX) immunoreactivities were compared. In the control animals, respective stainings for these three peptides are distinct. Adrenalectomy resulted in ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Tramu G,Croix C,Pillez A

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of an assessment of endocrine influences on the actions of morphine, we have studied the effects of intracerebroventricular administration of somatostatin and thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) on the antinociceptive, temperature and cataleptic responses to subcutaneous morphine in both intact and hypophysect...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Kasson BG,George R

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian pineal gland appears to be a major endocrine component in the regulation of photoperiodic responses. The circadian pattern of secretion of the pineal hormone, melatonin, is regulated by the nervous system. Changes in photoperiod, acting via the nervous system, alter the temporal pattern of melatonin secr...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Goldman BD,Darrow JM

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of enzymatic activity (tyrosine hydroxylase, dopa-decarboxylase, dopamine-beta-hydroxylase, monoamine oxydase and catechol-O-methyl transferase), as well as dopamine (DA) content and DA synthesis from tyrosine and dopa, were investigated in intact rats partes distales and in grafts (both estrogenized and ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Iturriza FC,Rubio MC,Gómez Dumm CL,Zieher LM

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on hypothalamic norepinephrine (NE) and dopamine (DA) turnover and hypothalamic serotonin (5-HT), 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid (5-HIAA) and LHRH content preceding and during a progesterone- (P) induced LH and prolactin (PRL) surge were investigated in ovariectomized est...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Steger RW,DePaolo L,Asch RH,Silverman AY

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functions of oxytocin in the female are thought to be confined to the processes of milk ejection and parturition. In this study the role of oxytocin in the body's response to stressful stimuli has been examined. Physical immobilization of rats and forced swimming caused large increases in the secretion of the horm...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Lang RE,Heil JW,Ganten D,Hermann K,Unger T,Rascher W

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasopressin and oxytocin modulate memory processes which effects are dissociated from the typical peripheral endocrine effects of these neuropeptides. Recently, vasopressin has been implicated in the regulation of body temperature. In view of this, experiments were designed to determine whether the antipyretic effect ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Kovács GL,De Wied D

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate the effects of penfluridol, a potent neuroleptic calmodulin inhibitor, on basal and secretagogue-stimulated secretion of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), growth hormone (GH), and luteinizing hormone (LH). The drug had no effect on basal TSH or LH release, but decreased GH relea...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Schettini G,Judd AM,MacLeod RM

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of catecholamines on plasma levels of immunoreactive ACTH (ACTHi), alpha-MSH (alpha-MSHi), beta-endorphin (beta-ENDi), arginine-vasopressin (AVPi) and of corticosterone (B) was studied in female rats. Intravenous infusion of the specific beta-adrenoceptor-stimulating agent l-isoproterenol in Wistar rats und...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Berkenbosch F,Vermes I,Buijs RM,Tilders FJ

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High affinity binding of 3H-flunitrazepam (FNZP) to crude membrane preparations of bovine pineal membranes was examined by a rapid filtration procedure through Whatman GFB paper. At 0 degrees C binding reached equilibrium in about 20 min. Scatchard analysis of data at equilibrium revealed a single population of bindin...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Lowenstein PR,Cardinali DP

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ablation of the nucleus medianus on drinking and vasopressin secretion were studied in male Long-Evans rats. The amount of water drunk in 1 h was assessed after subcutaneous injection of 5.8% NaCl (13.34 mosm/kg) or of angiotensin II (1.5 mg/kg). In a separate test with no water available, plasma vasopr...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Mangiapane ML,Thrasher TN,Keil LC,Simpson JB,Ganong WF

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were undertaken to investigate the nature of receptors involved in the prolactin-releasing action of histamine in male rats. The increase of plasma prolactin levels induced by third-ventricle injection of histamine was blocked by intraventricular injection of ranitidine, an H2-antagonist, but not by systemic a...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Donoso AO,Zárate MB,Seltzer A

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copulatory behavior in the ovariectomized rat, i.e. the lordosis response (LR) on being mounted by a male, can be induced by administration of either estrogen alone or estrogen followed by progesterone. LR has been shown to be inhibited by lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in certain doses (greater than or equal to 50 ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Sietnieks A,Meyerson BJ

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The following fragments of LHRH were administered intraventricularly and tested for their ability to enhance sexual receptivity in ovariectomized, estrogen-primed female rats: LHRH1-6 NH2, Ac-LHRH5-10, des-Tyr5-LHRH and des-Gly10-LHRH. LHRH1-6 NH2 had no effect on sexual behavior compared to saline-infused controls. A...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Dudley CA,Vale W,Rivier J,Moss RL

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ovarian steroids on baseline blood pressure and on changes of mean arterial pressure in response to centrally administered angiotensin II, prostaglandin E1, and prostaglandin E2 were examined. Ovariectomized rats treated with estradiol or progesterone showed no change of resting blood pressures relative...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Skoog KM,Kenney NJ

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary cultures from fetal rat brain contain angiotensin II immunoreactivity in neurons. To study the origin of this immunoreactivity, primary cultures were incubated with [3H]-valine or [3H]-isoleucine. A time-dependent incorporation of radioactivity into immunoprecipitable angiotensin II was observed. Incubation of...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Raizada MK,Phillips MI,Gerndt JS

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute immobilization stress results in changes in the concentration of both dopamine and noradrenaline in specific forebrain limbic system areas, whereas the adrenaline levels remain unchanged. Changes in dopamine concentrations are more restricted than those in noradrenaline concentrations. Dopamine levels are increa...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Saavedra JM

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of angiotensin II (AII) on plasma prolactin (PRL) concentrations was evaluated in ovariectomized rhesus monkeys which had been conditioned to chair restraining. Intracerebro-ventricular (i.v.t.) microinjections of AII increased PRL plasma levels in a dose-dependent manner. PRL values peaked at 10 min after ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Dufy-Barbe L,Rodriguez F,Arsaut J,Verrier D,Vincent JD

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian rhythm of blood corticosterone in adrenalectomized rats with (AT rat) or without adrenal autotransplants was investigated. Blood samples were obtained individually at 4-hour intervals for a 24-hour period per week for 5-7 consecutive weeks by the tail tip incision method. Corticosterone responses of the auto...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Murakami N,Takahashi K

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous gonadoliberin was localized by using immunocytological methods in the hypothalamic neurons which synthetize the peptide and in the hypophysial target cells. The rat tissues were fixed and frozen. Ultrathin sections were obtained by cryoultramicrotomy. In the pituitary gland, GnRH was observed in both gonado...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Morel G,Dubois PM

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00