Neural and Endocrine Peptides and Receptors

I—Pituitary Peptides.- 1. An Endogenous Peptide Ligand for the PCP/cr-Opioid Receptor.- 2. ?-Lipotropin.- 3. Proopiomelanocortin-Derived Peptides and Their Receptors in the Immune System.- 4. Prohormone-Converting Enzymes.- 5. ?-Melanotropin Analogues for Biomedical Applications.- 6. ?-Endorphin: Processing and Regulation.- II—Peptide-Releasing Factors.- 7. Endocrine, Gastrointestinal, and Antitumor Activity of Somatostatin Analogues.- 8. The Role of Brain Peptides in the Control of Anterior Pituitary Hormone Secretion.- 9. Brain Noradrenergic Neurons, Corticotropin-Releasing Factor, and Stress.- 10. Electrophysiological Studies into Circuitry Involved in LHRH-Mediated Sexual Behavior.- 11. Growth Hormone-Releasing Factor Analogues with Increased Receptor Affinity.- 12. Cicadian Variation of Immunoreactive CRF in Rat Hypothalamus.- 13. Ultrastructural Studies of Peptide Coexistence in Corticotropin-Releasing Factor- and Arginine-Vasopressin-Containing Neurons.- 14. Interconnections between Neurotransmitter- and Neuropeptide-Containing Neurons Involved in Gonadotrophin Release in the Rat.- 15. Corticotrophin-Releasing Hormone: Effects on Stress-Related Behavior in Rats.- III—Brain Peptides and Receptors.- 16. Cholecystokinin.- 17. The Neurobiology of Neurotensin.- 18. Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide in the Central Nervous System: Neuronal and Receptor Localization, Biochemical Characterization, and Functional Studies.- 19. Insulin Receptors in the Brain.- 20. Atrial Natriuretic Factors: The Brain-Heart Peptides.- 21. Effects of Cations and Nucleotides on Neurotensin Binding to Rat Brain Synaptic Membranes.- 22. Neuropeptides Modulate Carbachol-Stimulated “Boxing” Behavior in the Rat Medial Frontal Cortex.- 23. Brain Peptides and the Control of EatingBehavior.- 24. Neuropeptide Y: An Integrator of Reproductive and Appetitive Functions.- 25. Kinins as Neuropeptides.- 26. The Neuroanatomic Correlates of the Behavioral Effects of Bombesin.- IV—Peptides in Normal and Malignant Cells.- 27. Physiological Effects of Transforming Growth Factor a.- 28. Peptides and Their Receptors in Oat Cell Carcinoma.- 29. Bombesin/Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Stimulation of Small-Cell Lung Cancer Clonal Growth.- 30. A CRF-Producing and -Secreting Tumor of the Lung.- 31. Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Increases Tyrosine Hydroxylase Activity in Cultures of Normal and Neoplastic Chromaffin Cells.- V—Peripheral Peptides and Receptors.- 32. Localization of Neural and Endocrine Peptides.- 33. Structure-Function Studies of Agonists and Antagonists for Gastrointestinal Peptide Receptors on Pancreatic Acinar Cells.- 34. Antagonists for Substance P and Other Neurokinins.- 35. The Enkephalin-Containing Peptides.- 36. Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Actions of Cardiac Peptides.- 37. [Norleucine3.6]-Substituted Cholecystokinin Octapeptide Analogues: Design, Synthesis, and Comparative Structure-Activity Relationships in Guinea Pig Brain, Lung, and Pancreas Tissues.- 38. Characterization of Tachykinin Receptors by Ligand Binding Studies and by Utilization of Conformationally Restricted Tachykinin Analogues.- 39. Conformationally Restricted Cyclic Penicillamine Analogues with High Selectivity for ?- and ?-Opioid Receptors.- 40. Rat Islet Endocrine Cells Contain Met- and Leu-Enkephalins in High- and Low-Molecular-Weight Forms.- 41. Modulation of Carboxypeptidase Processing Enzyme Activity.- 42. Neuropeptides and Adrenal Steroidogenesis.- 43. Substance K in Cardiovascular Control.- VI—Clinical Applications of Neural and Endocrine Peptides.- 44. CombinedTreatment with an LHRH Agonist and the Antiandrogen Flutamide in Prostate Cancer.- 45. Relationship of Clinical to Basic Research with Peptides as Illustrated by MSH.- 46. Perspectives in the Design of Peptide Analogues in Biomedical Applications.- 47. Treatment of Precocious Puberty with LHRH Agonists: A Pilot Study of the Efficiency of Periodic Administration of a Delayed-Release Preparation of D-Trp6-LHRH.- 48. Regulation of Neuroendocrine Pathways by Thymosins.- Participants.