Neuropeptide Function in the Gastrointestinal Tract

Edwin E. Daniel, Ph.D., is Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Acting Head of the Division of Physiology and Pharmacology, and Director of the Honours Program in Biology Pharmacology at McMaster University Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

1. A Historical Overview of the Gastroenteropancreatic Regulatory Peptides


T.J. McDonald


2. Gastroenteropancreatic Regulatory Peptides Structures: An Overview


T.J. McDonald


3. Regulation of Gastrointestinal Neuropeptide Gene Expression and Processing


Ake Rokaeus


4. Microanatomy and Chemical Coding of Peptide-Containing Neurons in the Digestive Tract


E. Ekblad, R Hakanson, and F. Sundler


5. Neuropeptide Motor Actions Vary between In Vivo and In Vitro Experimental Conditions


Jo-Ann E.t. Fox-Thelkeld


6. Receptors for Neuropeptides (Neurokinins) : Functional Studies


D. Regoli, S. Dion, and G. Drapeau


7. Receptors for Neuropeptides: Ligand Binding Studies


Sultan Ahmad, H.D. Allescher, and C.Y. Kwan


8. Receptors for Neuropeptides: Receptors Isolation Studies and Molecular Biology


Jean-Pierre Vincent and Patrick Kitabgi


9. Gastrointestinal Neuropeptides and Second Messenger Systems


Peter Kostka


10. Gastrointestinal Neuropeptide-Inactivating Mechanisms in the Circulation and in the Gastrointestinal Tract


Frederic Checler


11. Postulated Physiological and Pathophysiological Roles on Motility


Hans-Dieter Allescher and Sultan Ahmad


12. Physiological and Pathophysiological Roles of VIP, Somatostatin, Opioids, Galanin, GRP, and Secretin


Jan D. Huizinga and Julio Pintin-Quezada


13. Effects of Neuropeptides on Intestinal Ion Transport


P.K. Rangachari


14. The Role of Neuropeptides in the Normal and Pathophysiological Control of Blood Flow


John S. Smeda


15. Neuropeptides and Cell Proliferation


David J. Hill


16. Perspectives for the Study of Gut Neuropeptides


E.E. Daniel