Drug Effects on Neuroendocrine Regulation

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Published on 1. January 1973

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Front Cover
Drug Effects on Neuroendocrine Regulation
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Contents
List of Contributors
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgements
Session I-The Characterization of Neuroendocrine Systems: Structure and Functions
Chapter 1. Neuroendocrine systems: the need for precise identification and rigorous description of their operations
Chapter 2. Further observations on the structure and function of median eminence, with reference to the organization of RF-producing elements in the endocrine hypothalamus
Chapter 3. How do neurones secrete peptides? Exocytosis and its consequences, including "svnaptic vesicle" formation, in the hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal system
Chapter 4. Chemistry of hypothalamic releasing factors
Chapter 5. Hormonal inputs to releasing factor cells, feedback sites
Chapter 6. Input to releasing factor cells
Session II-Steroid Effects on Neuroendocrine System Performance
Chapter 7. Glucocorticoid binding sites in rat brain: subcellular and anatomical localizations
Chapter 8. Steroid feedback mechanisms in pituitary-adrenal function
Chapter 9. Effects of adrenal steroids on brain function and behavior
Chapter 10. Changes in multiunit electrical activity (MUA) in rat brain during the estrous cycle and after administration of sex steroids
Chapter 11. Mechanisms of action of sex steroids on behavior
inhibition of estrogen-activated behavior by ethamoxy-triphetol (Mer-25), colchicine and cycloheximide
Chapter 12. Perinatal effects of sex steroids on brain development and function
Session III-Biogenic Amine Effects on Neuroendocrine Systems, Part I
Chapter 13. Hypothalamic monoamine levels and gonadotrophin secretion following deafferentation of the medial basal hypothalamus
Chapter 14. Role of brain noradrenaline in the tonic regulation of hypothalamic hypophyseal adrenal axis
Chapter 15. Involvement of catecholamines in feedback mechanisms
Chapter 16. Distribution of biogenic amines in the pituitary gland
Chapter 17. Biogenic amines in the pituitary gland: what is their origin and function? Pituitary indolamines
Chapter 18. Catecholamines in the pituitary: origin and fate
Chapter 19. Biogenic amines in the hypothalamus: effect of L-DOPA on human growth hormone levels in patients with Huntington's chorea
Session IV-Biogenic Amine Effects on Neuroendocrine Systems, Part II
Chapter 20. Neuronal control of monoamines in brain and melatonin-forming systems in the pineal
Chapter 21. The role of pineal principles in ovulation
Chapter 22. The role of brain monoamines and pineal indoles in the secretion of gonadotrophins and gonadotrophin-releasing factors
Chapter 23. Involvement of pineal indoles and polypeptides with the neuroendocrine axis
Chapter 24. Role of indoleamines and catecholamines in the control of gonadotrophin and growth hormone secretion
Chapter 25. Brain serotonin and pituitary-adrenal function
Chapter 26. Catecholamines and the control of prolactin secretion in humans
Session V-Influence of Drugs of Abuse on Neuruendocrine Behavior
Chapter 27. Pituitary-adrenal activation and related responses to ?1-tetrahydrocannabinol
Chapter 28. ?1-Tetrahydrocannabinol and luteinizing hormone secretion
Chapter 29. Effects of narcotic analgesics on hypothalamo-pituitary-thyroid function
Chapter 30. Effects of acute and chronic administration of narcotic analgesics on growth hormone and corticotrophin (ACTH) secretion in rats
Chapter 31. Effects of morphine and related drugs on the corticotrophin (ACTH)-stress reaction
Chapter 32. Human pharmacology of drugs of abuse with emphasis on neuroendocrine effects
Chapter 33. Antagonism between morphine and the polypeptides ACTH, ACTH1-24, and ß-MSH in the nervous system
Session VI-Pituitary-Adrenal System, Learning and Performance
Chapter 34. Adrenocortical mediation of the effects of early life experiences
Chapter 35. Pituitary-adrenal influences on avoidance and approach behavior of the rat
Chapter 36. Unique pituitary peptides with behavioral-affecting activity
Chapter 37. The influence of peptides derived from corticotrophin (ACTH) on performance. Structure activity studies
Chapter 38. Pituitary-adrenal system, learning and performance: some neurochemical aspects
Chapter 39. Behavioral aspects of melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH)
Chapter 40. Hormones and avoidance behavior: a different approach points to a role for mineralocorticoids
Chapter 41. The implication of noradrenaline in avoidance learning in the rat
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