Neurosecretion: Secretory Mechanisms
Neurosecretion: Secretory Mechanisms

Author: José R. Lemos

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-03-31

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 3030229890

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How do electrical activity and calcium signals in neurons influence the secretion of peptide hormones? This volume presents the current state of knowledge regarding the electrical, calcium signaling and synaptic properties of neuroendocrine systems from both vertebrate and invertebrate systems. The contributions span in vivo and in vitro studies that address: state‐dependent plasticity, relevance of firing patterns, membrane properties, calcium flux (including dynamic imaging and homeostasis), and molecular mechanisms of exocytosis, including from non-neuronal secretory cells. The chapters focus not only on research results but also on how experiments are conducted using state-of-the-art techniques, and how the resulting data are interpreted. While there are many books on the secretory properties of neurons, this is the first to focus on the distinctive secretory properties of neuroendocrine neurons. Accordingly, it offers an important text for undergraduate and graduate neuroscience students, and will also appeal to established scientists and postdoctoral fellows. This is the eighth volume in the Masterclass in Neuroendocrinology series* - now a co-publication between Springer Nature and the INF (International Neuroendocrine Federation). *Volumes 1-7 published by Wiley

Neurosecretion and Neuroendocrine Activity
Neurosecretion and Neuroendocrine Activity

Author: W. Bargmann

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 617

ISBN-13: 3642668852

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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.

Aspects of Neuroendocrinology
Aspects of Neuroendocrinology

Author: W. Bargmann

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 3642462073

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Der hiermit vorgelegte Band enthalt die Mehrzahl der Vortrage, die im August 1969 auf dem V.lnternationalen Symposium fiber Neurosekretion im Anato mischen Institut der Universitat Kiel unter reger internationaler Beteiligung gehalten wurden. Folgende Hauptthemen wurden behandelt: 1. Neurosecretion in invertebrates, 2. Adrenergic neurons, 3. Mechanisms of release of neurohypophyseal materials, 4. Hypothalamic control of anterior pituitary. Weitere Kurzvortrage waren verschiedenen Problemen der Neurosekretion gewidmet. Das Internationale Komitee fUr die Vorbereitung des Symposiums, dem auBer den Unterzeichneten die Herren Professoren H.S. HELLER (Bristol), G. STERBA (Leipzig) und FR. STUTINSKY (Strasbourg) angehorten, dankt dem Springer-Verlag fur die Sorgfalt, die er dieser Publikation wiederum angedeihen lieB, dem Kultus ministerium des Landes Schleswig-Holstein fur materielle Forderung des Sympo siums und Fraulein Dr. B. VON GAUD ECKER (Kiel) fur redaktionelle Unterstutzung. W. BARGMANN (Kiel) B. SCHARRER (New York) Contents BARGMANN, W.: Opening Remarks ... IX Neurosecretion in Invertebrates SCHARRER, B., and WEITZMAN, M.: Current Problems in Invertebrate Neurosecretion. ZIMMERMANN, P.: Neue Moglichkeiten zur f1uorescenzmikroskopischen Darstellung neu- sekretorischer Zellen ... 24 . NORMANN, T. CH.: The Mechanism of Hormone Release from Neurosecretory Axon Endings in the Calliphora erythrocephala ... 30 ... BONGA, S.E.W.: Investigations on Neurosecretion in the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of the Pulmonate Snail Lymmtea stagnalis (L.) ... 43 . NISHIOKA, R.S., BERN, H.A., and GOLDING, D.W.: Innervation of the Cephalopod Optic Gland ... 47 Adrenergic Neurons DAHLSTROM, A.: Adrenergic Neurons (With Special Reference to Fluorescence Microsco- cal Studies in Mammals) ... 55 ...

Stimulus-Secretion Coupling in Neuroendocrine Systems
Stimulus-Secretion Coupling in Neuroendocrine Systems

Author: Detlev Ganten

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 3642734952

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The role of electrical signalling in the control of endocrine secretions by the brain has been clear for many years. Recently, the influences of hormones on synthetic events in neuroendocrine cells have raised new questions concerning the peptides released from such neurons. This volume concentrates on the relation between these two fields and asks how electrical action potentials facilitate secretion of substances from nerve cells which control endocrine events. While stimulus-secretion coupling has been studied extensively in other physiological contexts, this is the first treatment of the phenomenon in an exclusively neuroendocrine setting.

Neurohormones and Neurohumors
Neurohormones and Neurohumors

Author: J. Ariëns Kappers

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-11-21

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 3662255197

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Having accepted the task to organize, in Amsterdam, an international Congress in behalf of the International Sodety for Neurovegetati'V'e Research such as is held every second year, it occurred to me that it might be worth while to change its usual pattern somewhat. Instead of giving merely the opportunity for l'eading a nurnber of rather short free papers, more or less grouped in many categories, we decided to start with a symposium on a special topic 'to be dealt with from several aspects by a numbe·r of invited speakers, the last day of the congress being only available for short free communications. The central topic for the symposium finally chosen was "Neurohormones and N eurohumors" as this subject is of interest :to many morphologists, physiologists, pharmacologists, neuro-endocrinologists, biochemists and clini cians, and belongs to a rapidly expanding Held of research. Moreover, it appeared to us that there is some confusion about the defini tion of these terms which are not seLdom used indifferently. I hoped that such a symposium would contribute 1to a clearer apprehension of the terms based on morphological, physiological and biochemical criteria as well as to a clearer understanding of some problems involved which will have to be subjects of future investigations.

Neurosecretion
Neurosecretion

Author: B. Pickering

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1468455028

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This volume collects together the Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Neurosecretion which was held in Bristol in September 1987. This series of symposia began with a meeting in Naples in 1953 and it was particularly gratifying to welcome two members of that original gathering, Berta Scharrer and Ellen Thomsen, to the 10th Symposium. The acceptance of the invitation to meet in Bristol gave particular pleasure to the Local Organising Committee because it was the first time that a former venue was revisited - the 3rd Symposium was organised in Bristol by Hans Heller in 1961 and we were very glad that his widow, Josephine, was able to be the Guest-of-Honour at the banquet of our 10th symposium. Neurosecretion has diversified considerably since the first meeting in 1953. From the outset, the local committee decided to focus the meeting by organising it under the title "Cellular aspects of the production and release of neuropeptides. " Having sought advice from the International Committee for Symposia on Neurosecretion, we invited 28 scientists from throughout the world to present their work on aspects ranging from the organisation of the gene through to the electrical properties of peptide-secreting neurones. The progress of studies in neurosecretion owes much to the comparative approach and we attempted to reflect this in the programme of the tenth symposium by inviting the speakers, to illustrate the various aspects of neuropeptide secretion, from among scientists working with systems in many parts of the animal kingdom.

Histophysiology of Synapses and Neurosecretion
Histophysiology of Synapses and Neurosecretion

Author: Eduardo D.P. De Robertis

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 148318059X

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Histopbysiology of Synapses and Neurosecretion discusses the relationship between subcellular structure and function in synapses. The title discusses how neurosecretion phenomenon takes place in the important areas of central and peripheral nervous system. The first part of text deals with the synapse. Topics such as the concept of synaptic transmission, morphology of synaptic region, and ultrastructure of synaptic region are covered in the first part. Part I also discusses the MORPHO-physiological correlations in certain synapses; and neurochemical studies in isolated nerve endings and synaptic vesicles of the CNS. The second part of the selection covers neorosecretion. Part II tackles the neurohumoral mechanisms and secretion in the hypothalamicneurohypophysial system; secretory processes; and secretion in adrenergic nerves and endings. The book will be of great use to student, researchers, and practitioners of neurology.

Methods in Neuroendocrinology
Methods in Neuroendocrinology

Author: Louis D. Van de Kar

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1998-06-04

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9780849333637

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Going beyond step-by-step descriptions of how to perform techniques, Methods in Neuroendocrinology examines the questions that are being asked in the field, what problems need to be overcome, and what the limits of interpretation are involved in each approach. The experimental approaches described in this book merge endocrine and neuroscientific research and offer insight into the many disciplines involved. Demonstrating what can be learned from applying different approaches to neuroendocrine research, Methods in Neuroendocrinology leads the reader from elementary techniques to more complex methods for examining neuroendocrine function. The research methodology outlined addresses four main questions: (1) What are the cellular and molecular mechanisms responsible for the synthesis and secretion of hormones? (2) How do other cells influence neuroendocrine control mechanisms? (3) How do hormones feed back on their neuroendocrine regulatory neurons? (4) How can we use hormones as indicators of specific changes in neuroendocrine control sites in the brain? Much more than a "cookbook", this is a resource for every researcher who wants to pursue new areas of inquiry in the science of neuroendocrinology.