Neurosecretion and Neuroendocrine Activity

1. Front Matter

   Pages N3-XVIII

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2. Mathias Thomsen 1896–1976. In memoriam

   1. Mathias Thomsen 1896–1976. In memoriam

      • Wolfgang Bargmann, Andreas Oksche, Andrey Polenov, Berta Scharrer

      Pages 1-1

3. Opening Remarks

   1. Opening Remarks

      • A. L. Polenov

      Pages 3-6

4. Evolutionary Aspects of Neuroendocrinology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Current Concepts on the Evolution of the Neurosecretory Neuron

      • B. Scharrer

      Pages 9-14

   3. Evolutionary Basis of the General Principle of Neuroendocrine Regulation. Interaction of Peptide and Monoamine Neurohormones in a Dual Control Mechanism

      • A. L. Polenov

      Pages 15-30

   4. Molecular Evolution of Neurohypophyseal Hormones and Neurophysins

      • R. Acher

      Pages 31-43

   5. Morphofunctional Evolution of the Neurohemal Regions of the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System

      • M. A. Belenky

      Pages 44-51

   6. Monoaminergic Structures Within the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Complex in the Phylogenesis of Vertebrates

      • M. S. Konstantinova

      Pages 52-55

   7. Evolution of the Neurosecretory System in Crustacea

      • E. E. Kulakovski

      Pages 56-57

   8. Neurosecretion and Evolution of the Visceral Nervous System in Insects

      • V. J. A. Novák, I. B. Muskó

      Pages 58-63

   9. Pattern of Neuroendocrine Cell Complexes (Subunits) in Hypothalamic Nuclei: Neurobiological and Phylogenetic Concepts

      • A. Oksche

      Pages 64-71

   10. Evolution of Perisympathetic Organs and Insect Phylogeny

       • A. Provansal, J. P. Grillot

       Pages 72-72

5. Ontogenesis of Neurosecretory Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. Correlation Between Synthesis and Release of CRF During Stress at Different Periods of Rat Postnatal Ontogenesis

      • I. A. Drjevezkaja, L. K. Karaulova, A. M. Korovina, S. S. Moldovanova, O. A. Danilova

      Pages 75-78

   3. Time of Cell Origin in Mouse Supraoptic Nucleus

      • N. D. Gracheva, O. A. Danilova

      Pages 79-84

   4. Effect of Extirpation of the Cervical Sympathetic Ganglia on Development of the Neurosecretory Peptidergic and Parvocellular Nuclei of Rat Hypothalamus During Postnatal Ontogenesis

      • L. M. Lepekhina

      Pages 85-85

   5. Hypothalamic Control of the Development of Endocrine Functions in the Human Fetus

      • S. E. Levina

      Pages 86-90

   6. Hypothalamic Control of Glucocorticoid Activity. The Adrenal Gland of the Fetal Rat

      • M. S. Mitskevich, O. N. Rumyantseva

      Pages 91-94

   7. Morphofunctional Characteristics of the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Neurosecretory System (HHNS) in Round Goby, Gobius melanostomus Pallas, in Early Ontogenesis

      • E. B. Moiseyeva

      Pages 95-95

This volume on the evolutionary aspects of neuro-endocrinology is based on contributions from the 7th International Symposium on Neurosecretion, which took place in Leningrad, on August 15-21, 1976. 

The book deals with three major approaches in elucidating the general evolutionary events responsible for the structure and function of neurosecretory elements: (1) phylogenetic development of neurosecretory elements and their function, (2) ontogenetic development of neurosecretory elements and their function, and (3) the role of neuroendocrine mechanisms in realizing species adaptation, i.e., mechanisms causing the evolutionary process.

Half of the chapters deal with evolutionary aspects. The majority of them are concerned with the role of different types of neurosecretory cells in the regulation of homeostasis and of the function of endocrine glands, primarily that of the adenohypophysis.

The other half are concerned with various aspects of neurosecretion, featuring two main problems: (1) investigation of neural and hormonal mechanisms regulating the function of neurosecretory cells and neurosecretory centers as a whole, and (2) investigation of the role of neurosecretory systems in the regulation of adaptive reactions of the organism.

• brain
• cell
• chemistry
• cortex
• electroencephalography (EEG)
• endocrinology
• hypoxia
• nervous system
• neuroendocrinology
• neurons
• neurosecretion
• neurotransmitter
• organizations
• physiology
• stress

• Anatomisches Institut der Universität, Kiel, Germany

  W. Bargmann

• Zentrum für Anatomie und Cytobiologie der Justus Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Germany

  A. Oksche

• Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad, USSR

  A. L. Polenov

• Department of Anatomy, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA

  B. Scharrer

Professor Dr. W. BARGMANN Anatomisches Institut der Universität 
2300 Kiel/FRG 


Professor Dr. A. OKSCHE 
Zentrum für Anatomie und Cytobiologie der Justus Liebig-Universität 
6300 Giessen/FRG 


Professor Dr. A. L. POLENOV
Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology Sechenov 
Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry
Academy of Sciences of the USSR Leningrad/USSR 


Professor Dr. B. SCHARRER 
Department of Anatomy
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx
New York 10461/USA 

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