Neuroendocrinology: Retrospect and Perspectives Book

1	Ernst and Berta Scharrer - Pioneers in Neuroendocrinology	1
2	The Ups and Downs of Neuropeptides	5
3	Neurohormones and Neurohormone Receptors in Invertebrates	25
4	Components of the Neuroendocrine Exocytosis Apparatus	43
5	Neuroendocrine Cells Revisited: A System for Studying Subcellular mRNA Compartmentalization	55
6	Peptide-Secreting Dendrites: New Controls for Neuroendocrine Neurons	71
7	Intracerebral Release of Vasopressin and Oxytocin: New Aspects of the Old Concept of Neurosecretion	87
8	Effects of Neuropeptides on Brain Function in Humans	99
9	Reduced Number of Nitric Oxide Synthase Immunoreactive Neurons in the Nucleus Paraventricularis Hypothalami of Depressed Patients and Schizophrenics	107
10	Neurofibrillary Degeneration in Hypophysiotrophic Nuclei of the Aging Human Hypothalamus	115
11	Sexual Dimorphism, Steroid-Induced Plasticity, and Behavioral Significance of the Vasotocinergic Innervation of the Avian Brain	127
12	The Stimulatory Action of the Glutamate Agonist, N-Methyl-Aspartate, on Luteinizing Hormone Release in the Cockerel with Immunocytochemical Observations on Its Mode of Action	151
13	Neuroendocrine Role of Receptors for Insulin and IGF-1 in the Pituitary Gland: Morphological Considerations	163
14	Insulin-Like Growth Factor I in Bony Fish	177
15	Corticosterone Upregulates Hippocampal Calbindin-D[subscript 28k] in a Region-Specific Manner and Exacerbates Ischemic Neuronal Damage Exclusively in Non-Calbindinergic Neurons	193
16	Structural Evidence for Direct and Indirect Neuro-Endocrine Interactions in the Human Adrenal Cortex	207
17	Neuroepithelial Bodies in Vertebrate Lungs	227
18	Control of the Release of Plasma Catecholamines	243
19	Lysenin, a Novel Bioactive Protein Isolated from Coelomic Fluid of the Earthworm Eisenia foetida - Structure, Secretion and Biological Activity	255
20	Receptors and Effects of the Inhibitory Neuropeptide Somatostatin in Glial Derivatives	271
21	Specific Glycoproteins of the Subcommissural Organ/Reissner's Fiber Complex: Molecular and Functional Evidence of their Involvement in Developmental Events	289
22	Development and Differentiation of Blood Vessels in the Central Nervous System	305
23	Melatonin Inhibits the PACAP-Induced Phosphorylation of the Transcription Factor CREB in the Rat Suprachiasmatic Nucleus	313
24	Transcription Factors in the Photoneuroendocrine System	323
25	Expression of Nitric Oxide Synthase I Determines the Strength of Adrenergic Cyclic GMP Response in the Rat Pineal Gland	339
26	Noradrenergic and VIPergic Signal Transduction in Rat Pinealocytes	347
27	Morphological Characterization of Rat Pineal Explant Cultures	357
28	Changes in the Three-Dimensional Structure of Synaptic Ribbons in the Pineal Gland of the Guinea-Pig Caused by Constant Light	367
29	Immunocompetent Cells in the Rat Pineal Gland with Special Reference to Macrophages and Dendritic Cells	375
30	Melatonin Synthesis and Calcium Responses in the Pineal Gland of the Trout	393
31	The Work of Ludwig Edinger and His Neurology Institute	407
	Index	425