Neurophysiology of Neuroendocrine Neurons, Enhanced E-Book (eBook)

William E. Armstrong is the author of Neurophysiology of Neuroendocrine Neurons, published by Wiley. Jeffrey G. Tasker is the author of Neurophysiology of Neuroendocrine Neurons, published by Wiley.

List of Contributors, vii

Series Preface, ix

Preface, xi

About the Companion Website, xiii

Section 1A Magnocellular Neuroendocrine Neurons: Properties
and Control of Vasopressin and Oxytocin Neurons

1 Electrophysiology of Magnocellular Neurons In Vivo, 3

Gareth Leng and Nancy Sabatier

2 Oxytocin Neurons during Suckling: Lessons from Organotypic
Cultures, 29

Jean-Marc Israel and Dominique A. Poulain

3 Peptidergic Control of Oxytocin and Vasopressin Neurons and
Its Role in Reproductive and Hypertension-Associated Plasticity,
63

Colin H. Brown, Su Young Han, Mahsa Moaddab, Victoria Scott, and
Daryl O. Schwenke

4 The Osmotic Control of Vasopressin-Releasing Neurons, 85

Katrina Y. Choe and Charles W. Bourque

5 Function and Localization of Epithelial Sodium Channels in
Vasopressin and Oxytocin Neurons, 105

Ryoichi Teruyama

6 Visible Markers of Vasopressin and Oxytocin Activity and Their
Use in Identifying the Neuronal Activity of Specific Neuroendocrine
Cell Types, 135

Toyoaki Ohbuchi and Yoichi Ueta

7 Neurophysiology of Neurohypophysial Terminals, 163

José R. Lemos, Gang Wang, Hector Marrero, and Sonia
Ortiz-Miranda

Section 1B Magnocellular Neuroendocrine Neurons: Synaptic
Plasticity and the Autoregulation of Vasopressin and Oxytocin
Release

8 Neuronal-Glia Remodeling of the Magnocellular System,
189

Stéphane H. R. Oliet

9 Dendritic Release of the Neuropeptides Vasopressin and
Oxytocin, 207

Mike Ludwig

10 Endocannabinoid Modulation of Synaptic Inputs to
Magnocellular Neurons, 225

Ion R. Popescu, Shi Di, and Jeffrey G. Tasker

11 Role of Central Vasopressin in the Generation of Multimodal
Homeostatic Responses, 253

Javier E. Stern

Section 2 Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons of the
Parvocellular Neurosecretory System

12 Elucidating the Structure and Function of
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Neuron Dendrites, 273

Karl J. Iremonger and Allan E. Herbison

13 Estradiol and Kisspeptin Modulation of Gonadotropin-Releasing
Hormone (GnRH) Neuronal Excitability, 301

Oline K. Rønnekleiv, Chunguang Zhang, and Martin J.
Kelly

14 Multiple-Unit Activity Recording of the
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Pulse Generator, 323

Hiroaki Okamura and Yuji Mori

Glossary, 347

Index, 361