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Centrally Acting Peptides

Palgrave Macmillan

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  1. J. Hughes

    1. Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, UK

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  3. Immunohistochemical localization of peptides in the nervous system

    • Robert Elde, Tomas Hökfelt, Olle Johansson, Ã…ke Ljungdahl, Göran Nilsson, S. L. Jeffcoate
    Pages 17-35

  4. Are hypothalamic hormones central neurotransmitters?

    • Michael J. Brownstein
    Pages 37-47

  7. Comparative features of enkephalin and neurotensin in the mammalian central nervous system

    • Solomon H. Snyder, George R. Uhl, Michael J. Kuhar
    Pages 85-97

  8. Behavioural effects of hypothalamic peptides

    • Arthur J. Prange Jr, Charles B. Nemeroff, Peter T. Loosen
    Pages 99-118

  9. Substance P: a historical account

    • F. Lembeck
    Pages 119-134

  10. Distribution and release of Substance P in the central nervous system

    • A. C. Cuello, P. Emson, M. del Fiacco, J. Gale, L. L. Iversen, T. M. Jessell et al.
    Pages 135-155

  11. Endogenous opioid peptides: historical aspects

    • H. W. Kosterlitz
    Pages 157-159

  12. Physiological and clinical relevance of endorphins

    • L. Terenius, A. Wahlström
    Pages 161-178

  13. Pharmacological and biochemical aspects of the enkephalins

    • J. Hughes, H. W. Kosterlitz, A. T. McKnight, R. P. Sosa, J. A. H. Lord, A. A. Waterfield
    Pages 179-193

  14. Distribution and pharmacology of the enkephalins and related opiate peptides

    • Richard J. Miller, Kwen-Jen Chang, Pedro Cuatrecasas, S. Wilkinson, L. Lowe, C. Beddell et al.
    Pages 195-213

  15. Electrophysiological effects of opiates and opioid peptides

    • P. B. Bradley, R. J. Gayton, Lynn A. Lambert
    Pages 215-229

  16. Biogenesis and metabolism of opiate active peptides

    • D. G. Smyth, B. M. Austen, A. F. Bradbury, M. J. Geisow, C. R. Snell
    Pages 231-239

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 253-259
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, UK

    J. Hughes

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Centrally Acting Peptides

  • Editors: J. Hughes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03668-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Institute of Biology Endowment Trust Fund 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-03670-7Published: 01 January 1978

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-03668-4Published: 17 June 1978

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 259

  • Topics: Human Physiology

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