Neurophysiology of Neuroendocrine Neurons

List of Contributors, vii
Series Preface, ix
Preface, xi
About the Companion Website, xiii
Section 1A Magnocellular Neuroendocrine Neurons: Propertiesand Control of Vasopressin and Oxytocin Neurons
1 Electrophysiology of Magnocellular Neurons In Vivo, 3
Gareth Leng and Nancy Sabatier
2 Oxytocin Neurons during Suckling: Lessons from OrganotypicCultures, 29
Jean-Marc Israel and Dominique A. Poulain
3 Peptidergic Control of Oxytocin and Vasopressin Neurons andIts Role in Reproductive and Hypertension-Associated Plasticity,63
Colin H. Brown, Su Young Han, Mahsa Moaddab, Victoria Scott, andDaryl O. Schwenke
4 The Osmotic Control of Vasopressin-Releasing Neurons, 85
Katrina Y. Choe and Charles W. Bourque
5 Function and Localization of Epithelial Sodium Channels inVasopressin and Oxytocin Neurons, 105
Ryoichi Teruyama
6 Visible Markers of Vasopressin and Oxytocin Activity and TheirUse in Identifying the Neuronal Activity of Specific NeuroendocrineCell Types, 135
Toyoaki Ohbuchi and Yoichi Ueta
7 Neurophysiology of Neurohypophysial Terminals, 163
José R. Lemos, Gang Wang, Hector Marrero, and SoniaOrtiz-Miranda
Section 1B Magnocellular Neuroendocrine Neurons: SynapticPlasticity and the Autoregulation of Vasopressin and OxytocinRelease
8 Neuronal-Glia Remodeling of the Magnocellular System,189
Stéphane H. R. Oliet
9 Dendritic Release of the Neuropeptides Vasopressin andOxytocin, 207
Mike Ludwig
10 Endocannabinoid Modulation of Synaptic Inputs toMagnocellular Neurons, 225
Ion R. Popescu, Shi Di, and Jeffrey G. Tasker
11 Role of Central Vasopressin in the Generation of MultimodalHomeostatic Responses, 253
Javier E. Stern
Section 2 Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons of theParvocellular Neurosecretory System
12 Elucidating the Structure and Function ofGonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Neuron Dendrites, 273
Karl J. Iremonger and Allan E. Herbison
13 Estradiol and Kisspeptin Modulation of Gonadotropin-ReleasingHormone (GnRH) Neuronal Excitability, 301
Oline K. Rønnekleiv, Chunguang Zhang, and Martin J.Kelly
14 Multiple-Unit Activity Recording of theGonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Pulse Generator, 323
Hiroaki Okamura and Yuji Mori
Glossary, 347
Index, 361