Vasopressin and Oxytocin

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Historical Overview

   1. Vasopressin Receptors

      • Serge Jard

      Pages 1-13

3. Biosynthesis of Vasopression and Oxytocin

   1. Cell-Specific Gene Expression in Oxytocin and Vasopressin Magnocellular Neurons

      • Harold Gainer

      Pages 15-27

   2. Hypothalamic Transcription Factors and the Regulation of the Hypothalamo-Neurohypophysial System

      • J. Peter H. Burbach, Hermien van Schaick, Sofia Lopes da Silva, Ceriel H. J. Asbreuk, Marten P. Smidt

      Pages 29-37

   3. POU Domain Factors in Neural Development

      • Marcus D. Schonemann, Aimee K. Ryan, Linda Erkman, Robert J. McEvilly, John Bermingham, Michael G. Rosenfeld

      Pages 39-53

   4. Local Protein Synthesis in Magnocellular Dendrites

      • Dan Ma, John F. Morris

      Pages 55-57

   5. Vasopressin Gene Expression in Rat Choroid Plexus

      • Adam Chodobski, Brian E. Wojcik, Y. Peng Loh, Kimberly A. Dodd, Joanna Szmydynger-Chodobska, Conrad E. Johanson et al.

      Pages 59-65

4. Neuronal Activity and Release

   1. Electrophysiological Distinctions Between Oxytocin and Vasopressin Neurons in the Supraoptic Nucleus

      • William E. Armstrong, Javier E. Stern

      Pages 67-77

   2. Mechanisms of Neuroendocrine Cell Excitability

      • Glenn I. Hatton, Zhenhui Li

      Pages 79-95

   3. Properties of the Transient K+ Current in Acutely Isolated Supraoptic Neurons from Adult Rat

      • Thomas E. Fisher, Charles W. Bourque

      Pages 97-106

   4. GABAB Receptors and Supraoptic Neuronal Activity

      • Q. J. Pittman, D. Mouginot, S. B. Kombian

      Pages 107-115

   5. Local Glutamatergic and GABAergic Synaptic Circuits and Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular and Supraoptic Nuclei

      • Jeffrey G. Tasker, Cherif Boudaba, Laura A. Schrader

      Pages 117-121

   6. Progesterone Regulates Hypothalamic Oxytocin mRNA Levels Through Gamma Aminobutyric Acid

      • Abraham Thomas, Janet A. Amico

      Pages 123-125

   7. Differential Effects of the Neurosteroid Pregnenolone Sulphate on Oxytocin and Vasopressin Neurones in Vitro

      • J. B. Wakerley, C. M. Richardson

      Pages 127-128

   8. Regulation of Vasopressin Release by Ionotropic Glutamate Receptor Agonists

      • Delmore J. Morsette, Kerry L. Swenson, Shenon E. Badre, Celia D. Sladek

      Pages 129-130

   9. Role of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (NMDA) Receptors in Vasopressin and Oxytocin Responses to Emotional Stimuli

      • Kinji Yagi, Tatsushi Onaka, Atsuko Yoshida

      Pages 131-134

   10. Electrophysiological Studies of Oxytocin Neurons in Organotypic Slice Cultures

       • P. Jourdain, B. Dupouy, R. Bonhomme, D. T. Theodosis, D. A. Poulain, J. M. Israel

       Pages 135-145

   11. Inhibitory Actions of Nociceptin (Orphanin FQ) on Rat Supraoptic Nucleus Oxytocin and Vasopressin Neurones in Vitro

       • N. Doi, M. B. Dutia, C. H. Brown, G. Leng, J. A. Russell

       Pages 147-151

   12. New Aspects of Firing Pattern Autocontrol in Oxytocin and Vasopressin Neurones

       • F. Moos, L. Gouzènes, D. Brown, G. Dayanithi, N. Sabatier, L. Boissin et al.

       Pages 153-162

   13. Intrahypothalamic Vasopressin Release

       • M. Ludwig, G. Leng

       Pages 163-173

This monograph provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in the field of vasopressin and oxytocin. In the summer of 1997, scientists from over 20 countries congregated in Montreal for the 1997 World Congress of Neurohypophysial Hormones, a conference that united the fields of vasopressin, neurohypophysis and oxytocin in a single joint meeting that gave rise to the present book. The organization of a joint meeting was prompted by several recent developments. Specifically the molecular characterization of the vasopressin/oxytocin receptor family made it mandatory to adopt an integrated view and to discuss the vasopressin/oxytocin ligand/receptor family as a whole. To ensure em­ phasis on novelty, the conference focused on advances made over the last two years and also included important contributions by scientists that had not previously been associated with the vasopressin/oxytocin field. Vasopressin and oxytocin are two neurohormones that exert a wide spectrum of cen­ tral and peripheral actions. Accordingly, the vasopressin/oxytocin field embraces a large number of different domains, ranging from neuroscience, endocrinology, and oncology to renal, reproductive, and cardiovascular physiology and pathology.

• Bryophyte
• Mammalia
• cortex
• forebrain
• neurons
• transcription
• diabetes

• McGill University, Montreal, Canada

  Hans H. Zingg, Charles W. Bourque

• University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

  Daniel G. Bichet

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