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Neuropeptides : regulators of physiological processes

Title: Neuropeptides : regulators of physiological processes / Fleur L. Strand.
Author: Strand, Fleur L.
Publication: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Description

658 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

In recent years there has been increasing interest and, subsequently, active research in neuropeptides. These neuroactive molecules coordinate, integrate, and regulate physiological processes in all organisms, throughout all phases of development. Acting as neurohormones, neurotransmitters, and/or neuromodulators, they maintain physiological homeostasis and influence important behavioral patterns.
This textbook is the first to bring together and synthesize the neuropeptide research of the past decade in such a comprehensive, scholarly manner.

Series Statement

Cellular and molecular neuroscience

Uniform Title

Cellular and molecular neuroscience series.

Subject

Neuropeptides > physiology

Note

"A Bradford book."

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [541]-622) and index.

Contents

Foreword / Charles F. Stevens -- I. General Characteristics of Neuropeptides. 1. The Neuropeptide Concept and the Evolution of Neuropeptides. 2. Methods of Studying Neuropeptides. 3. Biosynthesis, Processing, Secretion, and Inactivation of Neuropeptides. 4. Distribution and Localization of Neuropeptides. 5. The Neuroendocrine System and the Transport of Neuropeptides. 6. Neuropeptide Receptors as Regulators of Cellular Functions. 7. Neuropeptides as Neurotransmitters, Neuromodulators, and Neurohormones. 8. Neuropeptides, Stress, and the Immune System -- II. Neuropeptide Families: The Regulatory Role of Neuropeptides. 9. Characteristics of Hypothalamic Regulatory Neuropeptides. 10. Hypophysiotropic Neuropeptides: TRH, CRH, GnRH, GHRH, SS, PACAP, DSIP. 11. Hypothalamic-Neurohypophyseal Hormones: VP and OT. 12. Anterior Pituitary Neuropeptides I. The POMC-Derived Neuropeptides: ACTH, MSH, [beta]-LPH, [beta]-EP.
13. Anterior Pituitary Neuropeptides II. The Glycoprotein and Growth Hormone Families; Secretoneurin. 14. Endogenous Opiate Neuropeptides: Endorphins, Enkephalins, Dynorphins, Tyr-MIF-1, and Nociceptin. 15. Tachykinins: Substance P, Neurokinin A, and Neurokinin B. 16. Gut and Brain Neuropeptides I. Neuropeptide Families: Gastrin/CCK; VIP/Secretin/Glucagon; PP/PYY/NPY; BN/GRP. 17. Gut and Brain Neuropeptides II. Insulin Galanin, Motilin, CGRP, Neurotensin. 18. Cardiac, Renal, Parathyroid, and Thyroid Neuropeptides: ANH, AT, CT, PTH, PTH-rP, T[subscript 3],T[subscript 4]. 19. Invertebrate Neuropeptides. App. A. Abbreviations for Neuropeptides -- App. C. Code Letters for Amino Acids.

ISBN

0262194074 (hc : alk. paper)

LCCN

97052765

OCLC

ocm38140243

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Columbia University Libraries