abstract：:The secretion of gonadotropins and the role exerted by the endogenous opioid system on luteinizing hormone (LH) secretion were investigated in 6 postmenopausal women affected by idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) as well as in 6 age- and weight-matched normal postmenopausal women as controls. The mean plasma follicle...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Cagnacci A,Melis GB,Soldani R,Bonuccelli U,Piccini P,Napolitano A,Muratorio A,Fioretti P

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central or systemic administration of morphine disrupts maternal behavior in steroid-primed, pup-induced virgin and lactating rats. Morphine, the prototypical mu agonist, also interacts with different opioid receptor subtypes. The present study examined the effectiveness of five receptor-selective agonists, in additio...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Mann PE,Kinsley CH,Bridges RS

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the mouse metallothionein-I (mMT) promoter/human growth hormone (hGH) fusion gene in transgenic mice leads to female sterility and major alterations in the function of the hypothalamic-adenohypophyseal system. These alterations include increases in median-eminence norepinephrine turnover and plasma L...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Steger RW,Bartke A,Parkening TA,Collins T,Buonomo FC,Tang KC,Wagner TE,Yun JS

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have attempted to elucidate the effect of glucose concentrations on the release of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), a brain neuropeptide possessing glucoregulatory function, from rat hypothalamic slices in vitro. Rat hypothalamic slices were preincubated for 60 min at 37 degrees C in Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate (K...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Yamaguchi M,Iriuchijima T,Michimata T,Mori M

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

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：:Previous reports have shown that dopamine (DA) in the zona incerta (ZI) has a stimulatory effect on gonadotrophin release. We have now investigated the possibility that steroids exert their feedback effects on the release of luteinizing hormone (LH) via catecholamine systems in the ZI. Since the same steroid regimes a...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Wilson CA,James MD,Grierson JP,Hole DR

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral adrenalectomy (ADX) leads to increased ACTH synthesis and secretion. It is thought that endogenous glucocorticoids exert a feedback mechanism at both pituitary and brain levels. The present study has been performed in order to determine the effect of ADX on the release of hypothalamic neuropeptides with cort...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Spinedi E,Giacomini M,Jacquier MC,Gaillard RC

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolactin (PRL) secretion in the female rat is regulated by an endogenous stimulatory rhythm (ESR), which is normally under the tonic inhibition of dopamine (DA). The ESR consists of a nocturnal (N) component which peaks at approximately 03.00 h, and a diurnal (D) component which peaks at approximately 17.00 h. This E...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Arey BJ,Kanyicska B,Freeman ME

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:We have investigated the hypothesis that administration of progesterone to estrogen-treated ovariectomized (OVX) rats enhances the stimulatory effects of neuropeptide Y (NPY) on the secretion of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) from median eminence (ME) fragments in vitro. Adult rats were bilaterally OVX a...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Sabatino FD,Collins P,McDonald JK

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that the hypothalamic concentration of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) mRNA and several POMC-derived peptides increases in the rat 4 weeks after orchiectomy and that this increase can be prevented by testosterone replacement. In this study, we have examined the short-term effects of orchiectomy...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Wardlaw SL,Blum M

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), a prolactin (PRL)-releasing factor, has been shown to be synthesized within the anterior pituitary. To test the hypothesis that estrogens increase PRL secretion, at least in part, by stimulating VIP secretion, the concentrations of VIP, peptide histidine isoleucine (PHI) and prepro...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Lam KS,Srivastava G,Lechan RM,Lee T,Reichlin S

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[125I]-neuropeptide Y receptors were characterized in the rat pituitary gland using quantitative autoradiography. Scatchard analysis of saturation isotherms showed high affinity (Kd 8.5 x 10(-11) M) and single class of binding sites (Bmax 0.22 pmol/mg of protein) in the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, with no s...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Torda T,Saavedra JM

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretion of the growth hormone (GH) in spontaneously hypertensive (SH) male rats has been determined and compared with that of normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) controls. In a first set of experiments, plasma GH concentration and pituitary GH content were measured in SH rats 30, 60 and 90 days old. 30-day rats showed r...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Aguilar E,Rodríguez ML,Bellido C,de la Fuente M,Pinilla L

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Methyl-p-tyrosine (alpha-MT), a competitive inhibitor of tyrosine hydroxylase, was used to block the synthesis of hypothalamic catecholamines in immature female rats of 14, 16 and 30 days of age and in castrated adults. The administration of alpha-MT (300 mg/kg body weight, free base) induced a significant decay...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Moguilevsky JA,Arias P,Szwarcfarb B,Carbone S,Rondina D

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Opioid peptides are present in both the posterior pituitary (PP) and stalk-median eminence (SME). Their effects on the dopaminergic neurons in the SME are well documented, but little is known concerning their role in the regulation of dopamine (DA) release from the PP. The objectives of this study were (1) t...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Garris PA,Ben-Jonathan N

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were performed to determine the role of thyroid hormone in the suppression of thyrotropin (TSH) by opiates. Serum samples were collected by decapitation 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, or 48 h after rats were implanted with 1 sustained-release morphine (75 mg) or placebo pellet. Morphine decreased TSH by 44% at 1 h and by 83...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Berglund LA,Millard WJ,Gabriel SM,Simpkins JW

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of aging on the release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in vitro and of luteinizing hormone (LH) both in vivo and in vitro in ovariectomized (Ovx) rats was studied. Old (21-24 months) and young (3-4 months) rats were Ovx before use. They were injected subcutaneously with estradiol benzoate (25 micr...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Hwang C,Pu HF,Hwang CY,Liu JY,Yao HC,Tung YF,Wang PS

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of hepatic vagotomy upon the circadian rhythm of lipogenesis and body fat store levels were tested in seasonally obese Syrian hamsters. Lipogenesis was studied 8 weeks after surgery by measuring the incorporation of label into epididymal and retroperitoneal fat pad lipid in animals killed 30 min after intr...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Martin DD,Cincotta AH,Meier AH

更新日期：1990-07-01 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：:Incubation of cultured goldfish pituitary cells with 10 nM to 1 microM apomorphine (APO), a non-selective dopamine agonist, increased growth hormone (GH) release in a dose-dependent manner. GH release was also stimulated in a dose-dependent manner by 0.1 nM to 1 microM salmon gonadotropin (GTH)-releasing hormone (sGnR...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Chang JP,Yu KL,Wong AO,Peter RE

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the effect of 17 beta-estradiol (E2) on synthesis and release of luteinizing hormone (LH) induced by drugs which activate intracellular signal transduction mechanisms in rat anterior pituitary cells. Cells were pretreated with E2 (6 x 10(-10) M) or diluent for 24 h, then washed and incubated for 4 h with...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Liu TC,Jackson GL

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurons in the adult rat ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMN, 4-6 neurons per brain; 3-7 brains per group) were studied under various hormonal conditions using the single-section Golgi impregnation technique. Intact rats of both sexes and ovariectomized females treated with oil, estrogen or estrogen and progesteron...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Frankfurt M,Gould E,Woolley CS,McEwen BS

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now well documented that various polyclonal antisera to the human growth hormone-releasing factor (hGHRF, somatocrinin) visualize in the brain by immunohistochemistry the classical hypothalamic hypophysiotropic neurons and also antigens present in otherwise characterized peptidergic neuronal systems. The nature ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Ciofi P,Tramu G,Bloch B

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis was tested that corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) is involved in the inhibition of gonadotropin secretion during chronic hyperprolactinemia. Two models of hyperprolactinemia were used, namely inoculation with the prolactin (PRL)-secreting tumor 7315b and implantation of isogenic pituitary glands. Gon...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Kooy A,de Greef WJ,Vreeburg JT,Hackeng WH,Ooms MP,Lamberts SW,Weber RF

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuroanatomical distribution and morphology of neurons that produce gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in the brain of the postpubertal male Djungarian hamster was studied using light microscopic immunocytochemistry. Analysis of every section from the rostral olfactory tubercle to the medial basal hypothalamus ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Yellon SM,Lehman MN,Newman SW

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In these three experiments, we investigated the effect of adrenalectomy and adrenal demedullation on the stress-induced impairment of long-term potentiation (LTP) in the rat hippocampal slice. In the first, adrenalectomy alone resulted in a significant reduction in LTP, while exposure to stress resulted in a further r...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Shors TJ,Levine S,Thompson RF

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to investigate the role of glucocorticoids in mediating the stimulatory effect of interleukin-1 (IL-1) upon the adrenocortical (AC) axis. Intact male rats were injected with either vehicle or dexamethasone (DEX) (5-50 micrograms/100 g b.w.) and were subsequently exposed to ether stress o...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Weidenfeld J,Abramsky O,Ovadia H

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light deprivation by blinding or exposure to short photoperiod results in depressed prolactin (PRL) cell activity and gonadal regression in the male Syrian hamster after at least 42-56 days of treatment, and both of these events can be prevented if pineal removal accompanies light deprivation. In the present study, we...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Massa JS,Blask DE

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of beta-endorphin in the stimulation of growth hormone secretion elicited by administration of clonidine (Clon), an alpha2-adrenergic agonist, was investigated in awake, freely moving male rats. Animals were infused slowly with either 1 ml of normal rabbit serum (NRS), beta-endorphin antiserum (beta-end-AS) o...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Bruhn TO,Tresco PA,Mueller GP,Jackson IM

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal rats exhibit a period of diminished pituitary and adrenocortical responses to stress during the first 2 weeks of life. Since thyroid hormones are known to affect brain development, modulation of these responses to stress by alterations in thyroid hormone status have been investigated in hypothyroid (Hypo) and...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Walker CD,Sizonenko PC,Aubert ML

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxytocin (OT) binding sites are modulated by estrogens in several brain regions including the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMN) in both male and female rats. To further study steroid regulation of OT receptor binding, we examined the effect of androgen replacement in castrated male rats on OT binding with quanti...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Johnson AE,Coirini H,McEwen BS,Insel TR

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An initial study was performed to ascertain the effects of anisomycin, a reversible inhibitor of protein synthesis, on pulsatile luteinizing hormone (LH) release in adult, ovarietomized (OVX) rats. For this experiment, rats OVX 3-4 weeks earlier were fitted with indwelling atrial cannulae. On the next day (approximate...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： DePaolo LV

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) has been characterized on the basis of its intrinsic activity to release corticotropin from cultured rat anterior pituitary cells. Injected in intact rats, CRF increases adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) release. Endogenous CRF-like immunoreactivity was detected in the cytoplasm a...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Morel G,Enjalbert A,Proulx L,Pelletier G,Barden N,Grossard F,Dubois PM

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding sites for prolactin were localized and quantified in the female rat brain by in vitro autoradiographic analysis with iodine-125-labeled ovine prolactin. Following incubation, labeled prolactin bound preferentially to the median eminence and choroid plexus of the lateral and third ventricles. The addition of ex...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Barton AC,Lahti RA,Piercey MF,Moore KE

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The injection of purified alpha-bungarotoxin (alpha-BTX), an antagonist of the muscle nicotinic cholinergic receptors, into the third ventricle (3rd V) of ovariectomized rats decreased the frequency of pulses of luteinizing hormone (LH) but had no significant effect on the amplitude or nadir of LH secretion. Approxima...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Kalash J,Romita V,Billiar RB

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work in many laboratories has shown that luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) neurons display a range of shapes from smooth-contoured to extremely irregular or 'thorny'. To determine if these forms reflect or can be modified by the gonadal steroid milieu, the morphology of LHRH neurons was examined in...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Witkin JW

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were undertaken to characterize the secretion of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) into the hypophysial-portal circulation of the conscious sheep. In addition, we examined the temporal relationship between the secretion of these two hypothalamic peptides and the secretion of t...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Engler D,Pham T,Fullerton MJ,Ooi G,Funder JW,Clarke IJ

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enriched population of cells immunoreactive to antiserum against S-100 protein, a marker of folliculo-stellate (FS) cells in the rat pituitary, was obtained by separation of dispersed pituitary cells from adult female rats by gradient sedimentation at unit gravity. The effect of FS cells on the stimulation and inhi...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Allaerts W,Denef C

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

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