Comparative Aspects of Neuropeptide Function

Part 1 General aspects: neurosecretion - the beginnings stereo-specificity as a determining force stabilizing families of signal molecules within the context of evolution and the relevance of rodent models

Abstract

Section headings and selected papers: Foreword. Introduction. General Aspects. Echiuroid Studies. Neurosecretion: the beginnings, A. M. Perks. Structures and actions of neuropeptides isolated from an echiuroid worm, Urechis unicinctus, T. Ikeda et al. Molluscan Studies. Peptide pharmacology on giant neurons of an African giant snail ( Achatina fulica Ferussac), H. Takeuchi et al. Distinct responses to opiate peptides and FMRFamide on B-neurons of the Aplysia cerebral ganglia, K. S. -Rozsa et al. Neuropeptides isolated from Mytilus edulis (Bivalvia) and Fusinus ferrugineus (Prosobranchia), Y. Fujisawa et al. Peptidergic neurons in the ageing molluscan brain, C. Janse et al. Evolutionary aspects of morphology and function of peptidergic systems, with particular reference to the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis , H. H. Boer et al. Arthropod Studies. Peptidergic modulation of synaptic transmission in locust skeletal muscle, C. Walther et al. Neurosecretory endings in the pericardial organs of the shore crab, Carcinus maenas L., and their identification by neuropeptide immunocytochemistry, H. Dircksen. Neuropeptides and neurotransmitters in the X-organ sinus gland complex, an important neuroendocrine integration centre in the eyestalk of Crustacea, F. van Herp & J. L. Kal en. Vertebrate Studies. Purines: neuromodulators and metabolic regulators of bioreactivity in the nervous system, R. A. Barraco. Regulation by neuropeptides of amino acid transmitter release in mammalian brain and retina, M. H. Makman & J. F. Cub lls. The interaction of posterior pituitary neuropeptides with dopamine in experimental drug addiction: the relevance of rodent models, G. L. Kovacs. Neuro-immunology. Neuropeptides and neuropeptide receptors in the immune system, E. M. Smith & E. W. Joh son. Modulation of leukocyte migration by alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone, D. E. van Epps & M. M. Mas n.