Neurophysiology of neuroendocrine neurons / edited by William E. Armstrong, Jeffrey G. Tasker. -- Chichester : Wiley Blackwell, c2015. – (59.5912/N494e)

Contents

    CONTENTS
    
    List of Contributors， vii
    Series Preface， ix
    Preface， xi
    About the" Companion Website， xiii
    Section 1A Magnocellular Neuroendocrine Neurons: Properties and Control of Vasopressin and Oxytocin Neurons
    1 Electrophysiology of Magnocellular Neurons In Vivo， 3
    2 0xytocin Neurons during Suckling: Lessons from Organotypic Cultures， 29
    3 Peptidergic Control of Oxytocin and Vasopressin Neurons and Its Role in Reproductive and Hypertension-Associated Plasticity， 63
    4 The Osmotic Control of Vasopressin-Releasing Neurons， 85
    5 Function and Localization of Epithelial Sodium Channels in Vasopressin and Oxytocin Neurons， 105
    6 Visible Markers of Vasopressin and Oxytocin Activity and Their Use in Identifying the Neuronal Activity of Specific Neuroendocrine Cell Types， 135
    7 Neurophysiology of Neurohypophysial Terminals， 163
    Section 1B Magnocellular Neuroendocrine Neurons: Synaptic Plasticity and the Autoregulation of Vasopressin and Oxytocin Release
    8 Neuronal-Glia Remodeling of the Magnocellular System， 189
    9 Dendritic Release of the Neuropeptides Vasopressin and Oxytocin， 207
    10 Endocannabinoid ModuLation of Synaptic Inputs to Magnocellular Neurons， 225
    11 Role of Central Vasopressin in the Generation of Multimodal Homeostatic Responses， 253
    Section 2 Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons of the Parvocellular Neurosecretory System
    12 Elucidating the Structure and Function of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Neuron Dendrites， 273
    13 Estradiol and Kisspeptin Modulation of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Neuronal Excitability， 301
    14 Multiple-Unit Activity Recording of the Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Pulse Generator， 323
    Glossary， 347
    Index， 361