Neuroendocrine Perspectives

A. Developing Areas of Neuroendocrine Research.- Regulation of Expression of the Human Pre-ProVTP Gene.- Paracrine Interactions in the Anterior Pituitary.- Pituitary Growth Factors.- Mechanisms of Action of Growth Factors.- Neuropeptides and Neurotransmitters: Inositol Phospholipid and cAMP Responses in Cultured Brain Cells.- Brain Hormones and the Immune System.- Neuroendocrine Aspects of Cardiovascular Control: The Brain Renin-Angiotensin System.- Control of Fluid Balance.- Endogenous Na+, K+-ATPase Inhibitors.- Neuromedin U: A Novel Brain-Gut Peptide.- B. The Control of Gonadotropin Secretion.- Regulation of Gonadotropin Secretion: A 1987 Perspective.- Opioid Peptides Inhibit the Noradrenergic Input to the Rostral Hypothalamus to Reduce LH Secretion in Fasted Rats.- Attenuation of the Inhibitory Action of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone on Luteinizing Hormone Secretion After Chronic Opioid Receptor Occupation.- A Spectrum of Disorders of LH Pulsatility in Underweight Women with Multifollicular Ovaries.- Changes in Prolactin and Proopiomelanocortin Messenger RNA in Rat Pituitary as Shown by in Situ Hybridization.- Evidence Against D2 Dopaminergic Influence on Phosphoinositide Metabolism in Pituitary and Neural Cells.- "Cured" Prolactinoma Patients After Transsphenoidal Adenomectomy: Prediction of Recurrence.- Altered Dopaminergic Control of Thyrotropin Secretion in Patients with Idiopathic Central Hypothyroidism.- C. Growth Hormone Neuroregulation.- Levels of Neuroendocrine and Pharmacologic Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion.- Intracellular Mechanisms in GH Control.- ?1 Adrenergic Stimulation of Cytosolic Ca2+ Concentration and Growth Hormone (GH) in Rat Somatotrophs.- L-Dopa Releases GH via a GRF-dependent Mechanism in Normal Human Subjects, Whereas Arginine, Clonidine and Adrenalin Plus Propranolol Do Not.- Direct Growth Inhibitory Action of Sandostatin on Rat Pituitary 7315b Tumor Cells in Vitro.- Human Pituitary Tumors in Cell Culture: Modulation of Prolactin and Growth Hormone Messenger RNA Levels in Vitro.- Influence of Chronic Depolarization on Synthesis and the Relative Amounts of Different Forms of Somatostatin in Cultured Fetal Cerebrocortical Cells.- D. The Control and Function of the Opiate Pathways.- A Survey of the Functional Anatomy of Opiate Pathways Relating to the Hypothalamus.- Post-translational Processing of POMC in Brain and Pituitary.- Dopaminergic Agents Have Differential Effects on Both Content and Processing of ?-N-acetylated Endorphin in the Ovine Pituitary Intermediate Lobe.- Dopaminergic Modulation of Pituitary ?-N-Acetyl-transferase Activity and Adrenarche.- LHRH Priming of CRF-stimulated ACTH Output in Vitro: A Possible Paracrine Effect?.- Secretion of CRF-41, AVP and SREF by Fetal Hypothalamic Neurons Cultured in Defined Medium.- The Effects of Endogenous Catecholamines on the Hypothalamo-Pituitary Adrenal Axis in Man.- Acute and Long-term Suppression of Stress-induced ACTH Secretion by a Rat Monoclonal Antibody to Corticotropin Releasing Factor.- Diagnostic Dilemmas in Hypercortisolism: Investigation and Management.- Dual Control of ACTH Secretion by Hypothalamic and Placental Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) in Late Pregnancy.- E. Growth Hormone Neuroregulahon.- The Therapeutic Modulation of Growth Hormone Release.- F. The Future of Neuroendocrine Research.- The Future of Neuroendocrine Research: A Realistic Appraisal.- Author index.