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Analysis of opioid and non-opioid end products of pro-dynorphin in the substantia nigra of the rat
(Elsevier, 1985-02)
The substantia nigra is among the richest pro-dynorphin terminal field regions in the rat brain. We therefore contrasted processing in this area to the known processing in the posterior pituitary. Fractionation of acid ...
In Vitro release of hypothalamic [beta]-endorphin [beta]E by arginine vasopressin, corticotropin-releasing hormone and 5-hydroxytryptamine: Evidence for release of opioid active and inactive [beta]E forms
(Elsevier, 1990-05)
The aims of the present experiments were: 1) to test whether substances which modulate beta-endorphin-immunoreactive [beta]E-ir release from the pituitary gland might act similarly in hypothalamic tissue; and 2) to further ...
[kappa]1 Receptor mRNA Distribution in the Rat CNS: Comparison to [kappa] Receptor Binding and Prodynorphin mRNA
(Elsevier, 1994-04)
Three opioid receptor types have been identified in the CNS and periphery that are referred to as [mu], [delta], and [kappa]. The present study examines the mRNA distribution of the [kappa]1 receptor in the rat brain and ...
Lateral hypothalamic innervation of the cerebral cortex: Immunoreactive staining for a peptide resembling but immunochemically distinct from pituitary/arcuate [alpha]-melanocyte stimulating hormone
(Elsevier, 1986-01)
The combination of retrograde transport of fluorescent dyes and indirect immunofluorescence has been used to study the putative neurotransmitter specificity of the tuberal lateral hypothalamic projection to the cerebral ...
Anatomical and biochemical studies of the opioid peptides and related substances in the brain
(Elsevier, 1980)
It is now clear that there are at least four opioid peptide-neuronal systems in mammalian brain: the enkephalins, beta-endorphin and dynorphin. The focus of this presentation will be twofold--to focus on the multiple ...
Cloning and expression of the A 2a adenosine receptor from guinea pig brain
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1994-05)
A full-length complementary DNA (cDNA) clone encoding the guinea pig brain A 2 adenosine receptor has been isolated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and low-stringency-hybridization screening of a guinea pig brain cDNA ...
Changes in releasability of ACTH and Beta-endorphin with chronic stress
(Elsevier, 1985-02)
The activation of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis by stress is well-known. Using inescapable intermittent footshock as a stressor in rats, we have previously demonstrated a rise in circulating plasma Beta-endorph ...
A comparison of D1 receptor binding and mRNA in rat brain using receptor autoradiographic and in situ hybridization techniques
(Elsevier, 1991)
D1, a subtype of the dopamine receptors, is widely distributed in the nervous system and has been shown to be positively coupled to adenylate cyclase. Using a combination of in vitro receptor autoradiographic and in situ ...
A possible interface between autonomic function and pain control: opioid analgesia and the nucleus tractus solitarius
(Elsevier, 1987-10-20)
Opioid peptides appear to be important neurochemical mediators in central nervous system mechanisms of analgesia, cardiovascular control, and many endocrinological responses to stress. The nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), ...
Characterization of pro-opiomelanocortin processing in heterologous neuronal cells that express PC2 mRNA
(Elsevier, 1993-05)
We have investigated processing of monkey pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) following transfection into heterologous neuronal Neuro 2A (N2A) cells. In several separately transfected stable cell lines (termed N2A/POMC2-like; N = ...