Neuroendocrine Molecular Biology: Biochemical Endocrinology

Molecular Biology of the Nervous System.- Structure, Function and Expression of the Human Calcitonin /?-CGRP Gene.- Neuronal Specific Gene Expression in the Murine Hippocampus.- Hybridization Histochemistry — Locating Gene Expression.- The Identification and Function of Differentiation Antigens on Primary Sensory Neurons.- LHRH — New Perspectives.- The Physiological Actions of LHRH: Evidence from the Hypogonadal (hpg) Mouse.- The Biosynthetic Precursor of Gonadotropin — Releasing Hormone: A Multifunctional Prohormone.- Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone: Differentiation of Structure and Function During Evolution.- The Biosynthesis of LHRH.- Evidence for Sex Differences in GnRH Receptors and Mechanism of Action.- The Role of Brain Peptides in the Control of Anterior Pituitary Hormone Secretion.- Phospholipid Turnover, Ca2+ Mobilization and Protein Kinase C Activation in GnRH Action on Pituitary Gonadotrophs.- Hormonal Regulation of Pituitary Gonadotropin Gene Expression.- Neuropeptides.- The Mammalian Tachykinins and Their Receptors: Structure-Activity Relationship of the Manmalian Tachykinins.- Biosynthesis of the Tachykinins and Somatostatin.- Biosynthesis of Somatostatin, Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide, and Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone.- Enzymes Processing Somatostatin — Precursors, The Somatostatin-28 Convertase of Rat Brain, A System Converting Somatostatin-28 to Both Somatostatins-14 and -28 (1–12).- Oxytocin and Vasopressin.- Oxytocin and Vasopressin Secretion: New Perspectives.- Organization and Expression of the Vasopressin and Oxytocin Genes.- Measurement of Expression of the Vasopressin and Oxytocin Genes in Single Neurons by In Situ Hybridization.- Neurohypophysial Peptides in the Gonads.- Molecular Biology of Ovarian Oxytocin.- Characterization,Regulation and Functional Activity of Specific Vasopressin Receptors in the Anterior Pituitary Gland.- Transcriptional and Post-Translational Regulation of Neuropeptide Synthesis.- The Regulation of Proopiomelanocortin Gene Expression by Estrogen in the Rat Hypothalamus.- Differential Regulation of ACTH and ?-Endorphin by Controlled Processing.- Strategies in the Regulation of Secretory Signals from Proopiomelanocortin-Producing Cells.- Expression of Preprosomatostatin Genes in Heterologous Cells.- Degradation of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone (LHRH) by Pituitary Plasma Membrane and by Pituitary Cells in Culture.- Neuroendocrine Mechanisms at the Cellular Level.- Analysis of Hormone Secretion from Individual Pituitary Cells.- LHRH Priming in Gonadotrophs: A Model System for the Analysis of Neuroendocrine Mechanisms at the Cellular Level.- Membrane Traffic in Relation with Release Mechanisms in Neuroendocrine Cells in Culture.- Neuro-Steroids: 3?-Hydroxy-?5-Derivatives in the Rat Brain.- Ion Channels and the Control of Secretion in Normal Anterior Pituitary Cells.- Receptors — Cellular and Molecular Biology.- Biochemical and Functional Characterization of GnRH Receptors.- Hormonal Receptor Plasticity in the Brain as Shown by In Vitro Quantitative Autoradiography.- Cytosolic Factors Modulating Prolactin Binding.- Pituitary GnRH Receptors — Recent Studies and Their Functional Significance.- Effects of an LHRH Antagonist on Luteal Function in the Macaque.- Clinical Applications.- Comparison of Protein and Ribonucleic Acid Composition of Post Mortem Brain Tissue Between Controls and Cases of Alzheimer Type Dementia.- Neuroendocrine Changes in Alzheimer’s Disease: Raised Plasma Concentrations of Growth Hormone and Thyroid Stimulating Hormone and ReducedConcentrations of Oestrogen-Stimulated Neurophysin.- The Use of an LHRH Agonist in the Treatment and Investigation of the Premenstrual Syndrome.- Direct Effects of LHRH and Agonists on Human Breast Cancer Cells.