Neurosecretion and Neuroendocrine Activity

Professor Dr. W. BARGMANN Anatomisches Institut der Universität 2300 Kiel/FRG
Professor Dr. A. OKSCHE Zentrum für Anatomie und Cytobiologie der Justus Liebig-Universität 6300 Giessen/FRG
Professor Dr. A. L. POLENOVLaboratory of Neuroendocrinology Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and BiochemistryAcademy of Sciences of the USSR Leningrad/USSR
Professor Dr. B. SCHARRER Department of AnatomyAlbert Einstein College of Medicine BronxNew York 10461/USA

Mathias Thomsen 1896-1976. In memoriam.- Opening Remarks.- Evolutionary Aspects of Neuroendocrinology.- Current Concepts on the Evolution of the Neurosecretory Neuron.- Evolutionary Basis of the General Principle of Neuroendocrine Regulation. Interaction of Peptide and Monoamine Neurohormones in a Dual Control Mechanism.- Molecular Evolution of Neurohypophyseal Hormones and Neurophysins.- Morphofunctional Evolution of the Neurohemal Regions of the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System.- Monoaminergic Structures Within the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Complex in the Phylogenesis of Vertebrates.- Evolution of the Neurosecretory System in Crustacea.- Neurosecretion and Evolution of the Visceral Nervous System in Insects.- Pattern of Neuroendocrine Cell Complexes (Subunits) in Hypothalamic Nuclei: Neurobiological and Phylogenetic Concepts.- Evolution of Perisympathetic Organs and Insect Phylogeny.- Ontogenesis of Neurosecretory Systems.- Correlation Between Synthesis and Release of CRF During Stress at Different Periods of Rat Postnatal Ontogenesis.- Time of Cell Origin in Mouse Supraoptic Nucleus.- Effect of Extirpation of the Cervical Sympathetic Ganglia on Development of the Neurosecretory Peptidergic and Parvocellular Nuclei of Rat Hypothalamus During Postnatal Ontogenesis.- Hypothalamic Control of the Development of Endocrine Functions in the Human Fetus.- Hypothalamic Control of Glucocorticoid Activity. The Adrenal Gland of the Fetal Rat.- Morphofunctional Characteristics of the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System (HHNS) in Round Goby, Gobius melanostomus Pallas, in Early Ontogenesis.- Embryonization of Development and Differentiation of the Neurosecretory System in Insect Embryogenesis.- Nuclear Volume Changes in Cells of the Nucleus arcuatus (NA) During Prenatal Development in Man.- Investigations on the Development of the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System During Ontogenesis in the Chick, Gallus gallus L..- Regularities in the Development of Nucleus praeopticus (Np) in Acipenseridae.- Structure and Function of Neurosecretory Systems in the Brain of Vertebrates.- Neurosecretion in Vertebrates.- Fat Ingestion as a Stimulus of Vasopressin (ADH) Release.- Comparative Light- and Electron-Microscopic Investigations of Neurosecretory Cells.- Extravascular Spaces in the Pituitary of Teleostei Revealed by Use of Horseradish Peroxidase.- Some Neuroendocrine Aspects of Tanycyte Histophysiology.- Adrenergic Regulation of Hypothalamic Neurosecretory Functions.- Fine Organization of Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum in Neurosecretory Axons of Rat Neurohypophysis.- Effects of Different Salinities on the Neurohypophysis and Blood Osmolarity in Acipenser ruthenus L..- Effects of Indomethacin on the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System.- Functional Morphology of the Peptidergic Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System of Rat in Postnatal Ontogenesis After Exposure to Aromatic Hydrocarbons.- Pituitary Gonadotropic Activity and Ovarian Function After Deafferentation of the Mediobasal Hypothalamus (MBH) in the Rat.- Median Eminence (ME) of Hypophysectomized Rats: Structure and Ultrastructure.- The Supraoptico-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System, Plasma Antidiuretic Activity, and Concentrating Ability of Kidneys in the Desert Rodent Big Gerbil (Rhombomys opimus).- Ultrastructure of the Nucleus arcuatus (NARC) in Normal and Hypophysectomized Rats.- Functional Morphology of the Neurohormonal System in Myocardial Infarction.- The Functional Morphology of the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System (HHNS) After Direct and Reflex Stimulation of the Hypothalamus in Cats.- Ultrastructural Changes in the Hypothalamus and Neurohypophysis of Rats After Chronic Morphine Treatment.- Granulolysis, a Possible Intracellular Regulatory Mechanism of Neurosecretion in the Hypothalamo-Posthypophyseal System of the Rat.- Immunohistochemistry of the Hypothalamo-Neurohypophyseal System in the Common Spiny Mouse, Acomys cahirinus.- Induced Spawning of Clarias batrachus (Linn) Using Clomid, and Observations on the Consequential Resulting Histochemical Changes Exhibited by the Nucleus lateralis tuberis (NLT), Pituitary Cyanophils, and Caudal Neurosecretory Neurons.- Role of the Preoptic Recess Ependyma in the Formation and Physiologic Regeneration of the Nucleus praeopticus in Amphibians.- Adrenergic Mechanisms in the Hypothalamic Regulation of Pituitary Thyrotropic Function.- Efferent Projections from the Preoptic Area in the Hypothalamus.- Classical ("Gomori-positive") Neurosecretory System in the Rat After Isolation of the Medial Basal Hypothalamus and Adrenalectomy.- Age- and Sex-Dependent Biotransformation of Androgens in the Pituitary, Pineal Gland, and Arcuate Nucleus of the Hypothalamus of Rats.- Experimental Studies of the Dynamics of Herring Bodies. Ultrastructure of Axon Dilatations Developing at the Site of Compression or Transection of Neurosecretory Axons in the Grass Frog Rana pipiens.- Immunoenzyme Cytochemical Demonstration of Peptidergic Nerve Fibers in the Pars intermedia of the Amphibian Hypophysis.- Role of Biogenic Amines and M-Cholinergic Structures of the Rat Brain in the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System (HHNS) Under Shock.- Autoradiographic Studies on the Incorporation of Labeled Amino Acids in the Brain After Injection of Oxytocin.- Comparative Account of the Hypothalamus of Amphibians; a Neuroanatomic Approach.- Functional Organization of the Hypothalamus in the Regulation of CRF-Producing Neurons.- Pituicytes: Their Reaction to Microtubule Poisons in vivo and in vitro.- Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System in Calamoichthys calabaricus smithi (Polypteriformes).- Vasotocin Immunoreactive Neurons in the Hypothalamus of Some Nonmammalian Vertebrates.- New Protein Complexes in the Gomori-Positive Neurosecretion of the Hypothalamo-Neurohypophyseal System.- Morphofunctional Characteristics of Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Structures Following Adrenalectomy.- Role of the Pineal Gland in the Hypothalamic Regulation of Adenohypophyseal Functions.- Role of the Amygdaloid Complex in the Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone and Oxytocin.- Hypothalamic Nuclei of Rats Treated with Corticosteroids.- Neurosecretory System of Dogfish, Scylliorhinus caniculus, Under Normal Conditions and After Osmotic Loading.- Fluorescence and Electron-Microscopic Study of the Meta- Adenohypophysis of the Carp, Cyprinus carpio L..- Effects of Temperature on the Preopticohypophyseal Neurosecretory System of Carp, Cyprinus carpio L..- Ecologic-Histophysiologic Analysis of Neuroglial and Blood Elements in the Neurohypophysis of Sturgeon, Acipenser güldenstädti Brandt.- Neurosecretory Supply to Extrahypothalamic Structures: Choroid Plexus, Circumventricular Organs, and Limbic System.- Ecological and Histophysiological Investigation of the Hypothalamic Peptidergic Centers in Rodents Under Conditions of Hypobaric Hypoxia.- Reaction of Rat Hypothalamic, Supraoptic, and Arcuate Nuclei Neurons in Experiment.- Neurohypophysis and Thyroid Gland of Fry Acipenser stellatus Pallas and Acipenser güldenstädti Brandt During Downstream Migration.- Alterations of Sex-Differentiation of the Hypothalamus by Sex-Steroids Demonstrated by Ultramorphometric Studies of the Adrenal Cortex in Adult Rats.- Neural Lobe of the Hypophysis of Rats Subjected to Noise.- Adenylate-Cyclase Activity in the Neurosecretory Nuclei of Rat Hypothalamus.- Immunohistochemical Demonstration of S-100 Protein and GFA Protein in Interstitial Cells of Rat Pineal Gland.- Effects of Aldosterone on the Ultrastructure of Rat Hypothalamo-Neurohypophyseal Neurosecretory System.- Ultrastructural Method for Identifying Neurophysin-Containing Vesicles of the Neurosecretory System of Vertebrates.- Hypothalamic Structures Responsible for Regulation of Reproduction of Waterfowl.- Adrenergic Mechanisms in the Hypothalamic Control of Pituitary Adrenocorticotropic Function.- Concentrations of the Neurotransmitters in the Supraoptic and Paraventricular Nuclei of the Rat.- Neurosecretory and Pars-Intermedia Cells of Fish and Mammals.- Histochemical and Histospectrophotometric Study of PAS-Positive Material in the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory Pathway.- Functional Morphology of the Synaptic Apparatus of Peptidergic Neurosecretory Cells in the Nucleus praeopticus of Carp Cyprinus carpio L..- Seasonal Dynamics of the Activity of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary Neurosecretory System, Thyroid and Adrenal Cortex in Lemmings (Dicrostonyx torquatus Vinogradovi Ognev, 1948).- Reaction of Magnocellular Hypothalamic Nuclei to Unilateral and Full Thyroidectomy During Early Ontogenesis.- Effect of Intracranial Hypertension on Glycogen Accumulation in the Neurohypophysis.- Significance of the Mediobasal Hypothalamus in Regulation of Gonadal Functions in Birds.- Autoradiographic Localization of 3H-Oxytocin in the Rat Brain.- Hypothalamo-Pituitary Neurosecretory System of Rats After a 22-Day Space Flight.- Hormonal Regulation of Catecholamine Metabolism in the Rat Brain.- Efferent Oxytocinergic Projections from the Hypothalamus to the Hindbrain in Rats and Pigeons.- Changes in Hypothalamic Multiunit Activity After Hemorrhage in Anesthetized Rabbits.- Effect of Intraventricular Administration of Oxytocin and Vasopressin on Self-stimulation and Reaction Time in Rats.- Secretory Function of Neurons of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus in the White Mouse and Rat.- Localization of LH-RH-containing Neurons in the Rabbit Brain.- Seasonal Changes in the Structure of the Neurohypophysis and Thyroid Gland of the Great Spotted Woodpecker, Dendrocopos major L..- Morphofunctional Activity of the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System (HHNS) After Destruction of the Median Eminence in Cold Stress.- Effects of Posterior-Pituitary-Lobe Peptides on the Maintenance of a Conditioned Avoidance Response in Rats.- Oxytocinergic Extrahypothalamic Neurosecretory System of the Vertebrates and Memory Processes.- Functional Significance of Two Types of Neurosecretory Granules in the Posthypophysis: Ultrastructural and Cytochemical Approach.- Functional State of the Praeopticohypophyseal Neurosecretory System (PHNS) of the Prespawning Lake Whitefish, Coregonus autumnalis migratorius G..- Oxytocic Activity of the Cerebrospinal Fluid and Changes in the EEG Before and During Pregnancy and Labor in the Rabbit.- The Hypothalamic Influence on Secretion of the Adenohypophysis Cultured in the Anterior Chamber of the Eye.- Distribution of Vasopressin, Oxytocin, Neurophysin, Somatostatin, and Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone-Producing Neurons.- Immunohistologic Identification of Vertebrate Neurophysins.- Hypothalamic Neurosecretion in Mink (Mustela vison Schreb.) Kept Under Various Photoperiodic Conditions.- Annual Dynamics of Activity of the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System in Ground Squirrels, Citellus erythrogenys Brandt and C. undulatus Pallas.- Morphofunctional Basis of Involutional Changes in the Neuroendocrine System.- Interrelationship of the Hypothalamus and the Gonads in the Fish Aspro zindel L..- Effects of Low-Molecular-Weight Substances on Synthesis and Release of Prolactin in Rat.- Caudal Neurosecretory System of Fishes.- Caudal Neurosecretory System of Fishes in 1976.- Acetylcholine in the Urophysis and Release of Urophysial Hormones by Neurotransmitters in Vitro.- Caudal Neurosecretory System in Acipenseridae and Some Aspects of Its Evolution.- Ultrastructure of the Caudal Neurosecretory System in Acipenseridae.- Structure and Function of Neurosecretory Systems in Invertebrates.- Neurosecretion in the Frontal Ganglion of the Stick Insect, Carausius morosus.- Immunochemical Investigations on the Neuroendocrine System of the Cockroach, Periplaneta americana L..- Neural and Neurohormonal Control of the Circadian Rhythm of Blood Trehalose in the Cockroach Periplaneta americana (Insecta).- Midgut of Coleopteran Larvae, the Possible Target Organ for the Action of Neurohormones.- Regulation of Midgut Amylolytic Activity in Tenebrio molitor Adults.- Neurosecretory Cells of the Brain of Mamestra brassicae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) During Metamorphosis and Diapause Development.- Neurosecretory System of the Polychaete Nephthys minuta Theel (Annelida, Polychaeta) and Its Possible Function in Salinity Acclimatization.- Evolution of the Composition of the Brain Medial Neurosecretory Cells Within Neuropteroid and Mecopteroid Insects.- Ultrastructure of the Dorsal Neurohemal Area of the Snail Theba pisana L. (Stylommatophora, Gastropoda).- Perisympathetic Organs of Insects: Their Physiologic Meaning.- Distribution of Neurosecretory Cells in Polystoma integerrimum (Fröhlich, 1791) (Monogenoidea, Polystomatidae).- Neuroendocrine Control Mechanisms of Gametogenesis in Bivalve Molluscs Crenomytilus grayanus (Dunker) and Patinopecten yessoensis (Jay).- Concluding Remarks.- Current Trends in the Study of Vertebrate Neurosecretory Systems.- Epilog.- Concluding Remarks.