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Strategies for studying opioid peptide regulation at the gene, message and protein levels
(Elsevier, 1984)
Three opioid peptide precursors have been isolated and characterized in endocrine and nervous tissue: pro-opiomelanocortin, pro-enkephalin, and pro-dynorphin. Since each of those opioid peptide systems have been extensively ...
Selective effect of alcohol on cellular immune responses of lymphocytes from AIDS patients
(Elsevier, 1994)
In this study we examined the in vitro effects of alcohol on the proliferative responses of lymphocytes from healthy donors and AIDS patients to a recombinant fusion peptide, env-gag, corresponding to portions of the gp ...
Short-Term Adrenalectomy Increases Glucocorticoid and Mineralocorticoid Receptor mRNA in Selective Areas of the Developing Hippocampus
(Elsevier, 1993-10)
In the central nervous system, adrenal steroids bind to two different types of corticosteroid receptors: glucocorticoid (GR) or mineralocorticoid (MR). In vitro biochemical and autoradiographic techniques have been used ...
Systemic hormonal and physiological abnormalities in anxiety disorders
(Elsevier, 1988)
Among the studies of systemic hormonal and physiological abnormalities associated with anxiety disorders, the most consistent and extensive findings suggest (a) peripheral adrenergic hyperactivity (including increases in ...
Postnatal development of beta-endorphin immunoreactivity in the medulla oblongata of rat
(Elsevier, 1985-02)
Beta-endorphin (B-END) like immunoreactivity (i.r.) levels were measured by radioimmunoassay in the medulla oblongata of developing rats on postnatal ages P1-P42 at 7 day intervals, and in adult rats. From P1 to P42, B-END ...
CSF somatostatin in Alzheimer's disease and major depression: Relationship to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and clinical measures
(Elsevier, 1993)
Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and major depression have been shown to have overlapping clinical symptoms and biological markers, including decreased concentrations of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) somatostatin-like ...
Changes at multiple levels of the hypothalamo-pituitary adrenal axis following repeated electrically induced seizures
(Elsevier, 1990)
Seizures, including electrically induced seizures (ECS), activate the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in rats. The present studies were undertaken to characterize the effects of repeated ECS on hormone release and ...
Individual differences in sensitivity to nicotine: Implications for genetic research on nicotine dependence
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1995-03)
Recent evidence suggests that cigarette smoking has a heritability index around 53%. While related research on underlying mechanisms also supports the idea that genetic factors contribute to nicotine dependence—as well as ...
Temperature as a dependent variable in the study of cholinergic mechanisms
(Elsevier, 1988)
Dilsaver, Steven C. and Norman F. Alessi: Temperature as a Dependent Variable in the Study of Cholinergic Mechanisms. Prog. Neuro-Psychopharmacol. & Biol. Psychiat. 1988, : 1-32. 1. 1. Change in core temperature over ...