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Front Cover; Neuropeptides and Brain Function; Copyright Page; List of contributors; Preface; Contents; Section I: Neuropeptides and Adaptation; Chapter 1. Adaptation and brain function; Chapter 2. Neuroendocrine aspects of adaptation; Chapter 3. New designs in neuroendocrine systems; Chapter 4. Evolutionary aspects of neuropeptides; Chapter 5. Organization of the stress response at the anatomical level; Chapter 6. Neuroendocrine states and behavioral and physiological stress responses; Chapter 7. Brain and immune system: a one-way conversation or a genuine dialogue?
Chapter 8. Conditioned immune responses: adrenocortical influencesSection II: deuropeptides: Basic Concepts; Chapter 9. The neuropeptide concept; Chapter 10. Neurohypophyseal hormones and behavior; Chapter 11. Neuropeptides and neurotransmitters involved in regulation of cortico- tropin-releasing factor-containing neurons in the rat; Chapter 12. Gene expression for behaviorally relevant peptides in hypothalamic neurons; Chapter 13. Cell biology of the neural circuit for steroid-dependent female reproductive behavior
Chapter 14. The cell biology and development of vasopressinergic and oxytocinergic neuronsChapter 15. Brain vasopressin : from electrophysiological effects to neurophysiological function; Chapter 16. Neurohypophyseal hormone receptor systems in brain and periphery; Chapter 17. Analysis of receptor-coupled events in neuropeptide action using clonal cell lines; Chapter 18. Tachykinin receptors in the CNS; Chapter 19. Imaging of neuropeptide-neurotransmitter interactions; Chapter 20. Molecular diversity and cellular functions of neuropeptides
Section III: Neuropeptides: Therapeutic Implications and Future DevelopmentsChapter 21. Possible therapeutic implications of the effects of some peptides on the brain; Chapter 22. The role of peptides in affective disorders: a review; Chapter 23. Animal and clinical research on neuropeptides and schizophrenia; Chapter 24. Neuropeptides and dementia; Chapter 25. Modulation of brain aging correlates by long-term alterations of adrenal steroids and neurally-active peptides; Chapter 26. Suprachiasmatic nucleus in aging, Alzheimer's disease, transsexuality and Prader- Willi syndrome
Chapter 27. ACTH neuropeptide stimulation of serotonergic neuronal maturation in tissue culture: modulation by hippocampal cellsChapter 28. On the neurotrophic action of melanocortins; Chapter 29. Grafts of fetal septa1 cholinergic neurons to the hippocampal formation in aged or fimbria-fornix lesioned rats; Subject index; Erratum
edited by E.R. de Kloet, V.M. Wiegant, and D. de Wied.
Based on a symposium held from May 28-30, 1986, on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the State University of Utrecht.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier ; New York, NY, USA : Sole distributors for the USA and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1987