Neuropeptide Techniques

Illana Gozes is a Professor of Clinical Biochemistry, the Lily and Avraham Gildor Chair for the Investigation of Growth Factors, Head of the Dr. Diana and Zelman Elton Elbaum Laboratory for Molecular Neuroendocrinology, and a member of the Sackler Faculty of Medicince at Tel Aviv University in Israel. In addition, she is the Editor in Chief of Humana Press's groundbreaking Journal of Molecular Neuroscience.

A Short Introduction.- Preface.- Contributors.- The Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of VIP and VIP Analogs David Dangoor, Sara Rubinraut, Mati Fridkin, and Illana Gozes.- Antibody Production: Activity-Dependent Neuroprotective Protein (ADNP) as an Example Illana Gozes, Miri Holtser-Cochav, and Karin Vered.- Primary Cell Cultures and Cell Lines Inna Divinski, Inbar Pilzer, and Illana Gozes.- Transfection of DNA into Cells Inbar Pilzer, Inna Divinski, and Illana Gozes.- Transgenic Delivery and Detection of GFP in Neuropeptide Neurons J.L. Holter, J.S. Davies, P.-S. Man, T. Wells, and D.A. Carter.- Integrative Technologies for Neuropeptide Characterization Sergey E. Ilyin and Carlos R. Plata-Salamán.- Techniques in Neuropeptide Processing, Trafficking, and Secretion Niamh X. Cawley, Tulin Yanik, Irina Arnaoutova,Hong Lou, Nimesh Patel, and Y. Peng Loh.- In vivo Techniques Quantifying Blood–Brain Barrier Permeability to Small Proteins in Mice Weihong Pan, and Abba J. Kastin.- Cancer Cell Receptor Internalization and Proliferation: Effects of Neuropeptide Analogs Terry W. Moody, Michael Schumann, and Robert T. Jensen.- Developmental Milestones in the Newborn Mouse Joanna M. Hill, Maria A. Lim, and Madeleine M. Stone.