Neuropeptides and Stress

Neuroendocrine and Behavioral Response to Stress Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF).- 1. Corticotropin-releasing factor receptors in the brain and pituitary: their role in the stress response.- 2. Role of endogenous corticotropin-releasing factor in modulating the pituitary response to stress.- 3. Modification of hypothalamic neurons by behavioral stress.- 4. Stress-related behavioral effects of corticotropin-releasing factor.- 5. Corticotropin-releasing factor, stress and arousal.- 6. Dual control of corticotropin secretion: isolation of corticotropin-inhibiting factor.- Brain Peptides, Stress, and Autonomic Function.- 7. Neuropeptides, the paraventricular nucleus, and the integration of hypothalamic neuroendocrine and autonomic function.- 8. Autonomic neuropeptide connections of the amygdala.- 9. Neuropeptide regulation of the autonomic nervous system.- 10. Neurophysiology of hypothalamic magnocellular neurosecretory neurons.- 11. Brain vasopressin and cardiovascular regulation in normotensive and hypertensive animals.- Neuropeptides, Stress, and Gastrointestinal Function.- 12. Role of brain peptides in the ulcerogenic response to stress.- 13. Neuropeptides and duodenal ulcer: the cysteamine story.- 14. Stress, opioids, and gastrointestinal transit.- 15. Stress and consummatory behavior.- 16. Characteristics of brain calcitonin receptors.- 17. Calcitonin and calcitonin gene-related peptide.- Stress, Neuropeptides, and Immune Function.- 18. Opioid peptides, stress, and immune function.- 19. Neuropeptide receptors are shared components of nervous and immune systems.- Opioids and Stress.- 20. Opioid receptors and their ligands.- 21. Opioids and stress: effects upon nociception, behavior, and autonomic function following electroconvulsive shock, circulatory shock, or central nervous system injury.- 22. Stress, analgesia, and neuropeptides.- 23. Distinctive functional properties of limbic system opioid peptides.- 24. Opioids and stress: the role of ACTH and epinephrine.