The Neurohypophysis

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Structure, Function and Control

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Published on 22. September 2011

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Front Cover
The Neurohypophysis: Structure, Function And Control
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Chairman's Introductory Remarks
List of Abbreviations
Section I: Afferent Pathways to Neurosecretory Neurones
Chapter 1. Organization of neural inputs to the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei: anatomical aspects
Chapter 2. The organization and biochemical specificity of afferent projections to the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei
Chapter 3. Combined morphometric and immunocytochemical evidence that in the paraventricular nucleus of the rat oxytocin- but not vasopressin-neurones respond to the suckling stimulus
Chapter 4. Electrophysiology of the afferent input to oxytocin- and vasopressin-secreting neurones. Facts and problems
Chapter 5. In vitro studies of the control of phasic discharge in neurosecretory cells of the supraoptic nucleus
Chapter 6. Control of neurosecretory cell activity in the hypothalamic slice preparation
Chapter 7. Regulation of vasopressin release by neurotransmitters, neuropeptides and osmotic stimuli
Chapter 8. The organum vasculosum laminae terminalis : a critical area for osmoreception
Section II: Central Projections of the Magnocellular Neurosecretory Neurones
Chapter 9. Morphology of vasopressin and oxytocin neurones and their central and vascular Projections
Chapter 10. Vasopressin and oxytocin: distribution and putative functions in the brain
Chapter 11. Quantitative distribution of neurohypophysial hormones in human brain and spinal cord
Chapter 12. Neurophypophysial peptides in cerebrospinal fluid
Chapter 13. Excitation of hippocampal neurones by posterior pituitary peptides: vasopressin and oxytocin compared
Section III: Central Actions of Neurohypophysial Hormones
Chapter 14. Central actions of neurohypophysial hormones
Chapter 15. Vasopressin-like peptides and the treatment of memory disorders in man
Chapter 16. A comparison of the learning abilities of Brattleboro rats with hereditary diabetes insipidus and Long-Evans rats using positively reinforced operant conditioning
Chapter 17. Transplanted vasopressin neurones and central nervous system effects of vasopressin
Chapter 18. Possible control by oxytocin of periodical and synchronous neurosecretory bursts of oxytocin cells
Section IV: Biosynthesis of the Neurohypophysial Hormones
Chapter 19. Precursors of vasopressin and oxytocin
Chapter 20. The neurophysins: production and turnover
Chapter 21. The structure of the precursor to arginine-vasopressin: a model preprohormone
Chapter 22. Harbingers and hormones: inter-relationships of rat neurohypophysial hormone precursors in vivo
Chapter 23. The neurophysin domains in the neurohypophysial hormone precursors
Chapter 24. Human pituitary neurophysin precursors
Chapter 25. Characterization of the "giant precursors" (70-80K) of vasopressin and oxytocin in the rat hypothalamus
Section V: Mechanisms of Release from the Neurohypophysis
Chapter 26. Ultrastructural manifestations of increased hormone release in the neurohypophysis
Chapter 27. Intracellular membrane movements associated with hormone release in magnocellular neurones
Chapter 28. Stimulus-secretion coupling
Chapter 29. Mechanisms of inactivation of neurohypophysial hormone release
Chapter 30. Presynaptic interactions in the neurohypophysis : endogenous modulators of release
Chapter 31. Differential regulation of oxytocin- and vasopressin-secreting nerve terminals
Chapter 32. Enkephalin-glial interaction and its consequence for vasopressin and oxytocin release from the rat neural lobe
Chapter 33. Neurohypophysial opiate receptors: are they on pituicytes '?
Chapter 34. Evidence that dopamine is a neurotransmitter in the neurointermediate lobe of the hypophysis
Section VI: Receptor Mechanisms
Chapter 35. Design of potent and selective in vivo antagonists of the neurohypophysial peptides
Chapter 36. Vasopressin: mechanisms of receptor activation
Chapter 37. Critical differences between species in the in vivo and in vitro renal responses to antidiuretic hormone antagonists
Chapter 38. Is vasopressin-stimulated inositol lipid breakdown intrinsic to the mechanism of Ca2+-mobilization at V1 vasopressin receptors?
Section VII: Neurohypophysial Hormones in Cardiovascular Regulation
Chapter 39. Vasopressin vascular and reflex effects - a theoretical analysis
Chapter 40. Centrally acting humoral factors in the control of vasopressin release
Chapter 41. Anatomical reciprocity between magnocellular peptides and noradrenaline in putative cardiovascular pathways
Chapter 42. Neurohypophysial hormones and central cardiovascular control
Chapter 43. Role of neurones in the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei in cardiovascular control
Chapter 44. Vascular effects of arginine-vasopressin, angiotensin and noradrenaline in adrenal insufficiency
Section VIII: Interactions of Neurohypophysial Hormones With Other Endocrine Systems
Chapter 45. Interactions between vasopressin and the renin-angiotensin system
Chapter 46. Vasopressin and adrenal cortical interactions
Chapter 47. Vasopressin, corticoliberins and the central control of ACTH secretion
Chapter 48. Gonadal sources of the posterior pituitary hormones
Chapter 49. Secretion of oxytocin by the corpus luteum in sheep
Chapter 50. The general discussion: A reflection
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