Peptides and Neurological Disease

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Author(s): P.C. Emson, M. Rossor and M. Tohyama (Eds.)
Series: Progress in Brain Research 66
Edition: 1
Publisher: Elsevier, Academic Press
Year: 1986

Language: English
Pages: iii-ix, 3-380

Content:
Edited by
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

List of Contributors
Pages v-vi

Preface
Pages vii-viii
P.C. Emson, M.N. Rossor, M. Tohyama

Frequently Occurring Abbreviations
Page ix

Chapter 1 Immunohistochemical techniques Original Research Article
Pages 3-32
S. Shiosaka, M. Tohyama

Chapter 2 Distribution of peptides in basal ganglia Original Research Article
Pages 35-72
Hiroshi Takagi

Chapter 3 Physiology of peptides in basal ganglia Original Research Article
Pages 73-89
Shinichi Hosokawa, Motohiro Kato

Chapter 4 Neuropeptides and the pathology of huntington's disease Original Research Article
Pages 91-105
P.C. Emson

Chapter 5 Neuropeptides and parkinson's disease Original Research Article
Pages 107-116
Y. Agid, H. Taquet, F. Cesselin, J. Epelbaum, F. Javoy-Agid

Chapter 6 Morphology and distribution of peptide-containing neurones in the cerebral cortex Original Research Article
Pages 119-134
John G. Parnavelas

Chapter 7 Cerebral changes in alzheimer's disease Original Research Article
Pages 135-142
Fred Plum

Chapter 8 Neuropeptides and dementia Original Research Article
Pages 143-159
M.N. Rossor, P.C. Emson, D. Dawbarn, C.Q. Mountjoy, M. Roth

Chapter 9 Neuropeptides and schizophrenia Original Research Article
Pages 161-174
Garth Bissette, Charles B. Nemeroff, Angus V.P. MacKay

Chapter 10 Neuropeptides in spinal cord Original Research Article
Pages 177-218
Masaya Tohyama, Yahē Shiotani

Chapter 11 Neurochemistry and neural circuitry in the dorsal horn Original Research Article
Pages 219-268
M.A. Ruda, G.J. Bennett, R. Dubner

Chapter 12 Peptides in the peripheral nervous system Original Research Article
Pages 269-316
Shinobu Inagaki, Shozo Kito

Chapter 13 Peptides in body fluids in pain Original Research Article
Pages 317-330
S.J. Capper

Chapter 14 The design of antagonists of regulatory peptides, and comments on their specificity Original Research Article
Pages 333-340
J.S. Morley

Chapter 15 Studies on peptide comodulator transmission. New perspective on the treatment of disorders of the central nervous system Original Research Article
Pages 341-368
K. Fuxe, L.F. Agnati, A. Härfstrand, K. Andersson, F. Mascagni, M. Zoli, M. Kalia, N. Battistini, F. Benfenati, T. Hökfelt, M. Goldstein

Chapter 16 Clinical relevance of neuropeptide research Original Research Article
Pages 369-374
C.D. Marsden

Subject Index
Pages 375-380