CNS Pharmacology Neuropeptides

Introduction

Invited Lecture

Opioid peptides and their receptors

Opioid Peptides and their Relevance for CNS Mechanisms

Role of "enkephalinase" (enkephalin-dipeptidylcar-boxypeptidase) as synaptic neuropeptidase

Opioid peptides and analgesia: sites of action

Intrathecal use of beta-endorphin as a powerful analgetic agent in man

Endorphins and thyrotropin releasing hormone in shock and trauma

Endorphins - clinical relevance in neurology

On the role of endorphins in addiction

Invited Lecture

Critical review of pain relieving procedures including acupuncture

Substance P

Substance P-mediated synaptic excitation in mammalian spinal cord and sympathetic ganglia

Substance P in the intestine

Substance P and the primary afferent neuron

Invited Lecture

Inhibitors of prolactin secretion

Invited Lecture

Anorectic agents and satietin, an endogenous inhibitor of food intake

Neuropeptides and Related Compounds Affecting Learning and Memory

Neuropeptides and emotional behavior

Neurohypophyseal hormones and memory

Neuropeptides and morphine tolerance

Neurohypophyseal hormones and addiction

Pharmacological Approaches to the Study of Sleep Regulation

Sleep as a dynamic process

Purification of sleep-promoting substances (SPS)

The search for circulating sleep-promoting factors

Voltammetric detection of brain 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid fluctuations during the sleep-waking cycle

Neuropharmacological tests of the reciprocal interaction model of sleep cycle control

Kainic Acid and Related Compounds as a Pharmacological Tool

Actions of kainic acid and related analogues on Hirudo, Helix and LimuJus central neurones

A comparison between the glutamate response and the excitatory junctional potential in the presence of kainic acid at the crayfish neuromuscular junction

Kainic acid: neurotoxicity and receptor interactions

A posible mechanism for excitant amino acid toxicity

Index