Contents Vol. 74, 2001 Neuro -endocri No. 1 Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Production and Regulation in Rodent and Human Pituitary Tumor Cells in vitro Lohrer, P.; Gloddek, J.; Hopfner, U. (Munich); Losa, M. (Milan); Uhl, E.: Reproductive Neuroendocrinology Pagotto, U.; Stalla, G.K.; Renner, U. (Munich) Aging-Related Increased Expression of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase and Cytotoxicity Markers in Rat Hypothalamic Neuroendocrinology of Food Intake Regions Associated with Male Reproductive Function Hypothalamic Circuitry of Neuropeptide Y Regulation of Ferrini, M.; Wang, C.; Swerdloff, R.S.; Sinha Hikim, A.P. (Torrance, Calif); Neuroendocrine Function and Food Intake via the Y5 Receptor Rajfer, J.; Gonzalez-Cadavid, N.F. (Los Angeles, Calif./Torrance, Calif.) Subtype A Reassessment of Leptin’s Role in Triggering the Onset of Campbell, R.E. (Beaverton, Oreg.); ffrench-Mullen, J.M.H. Puberty in the Rat and Mouse (Wilmington, Del.); Cowley, M.A.; Smith, M.S.; Grove, K.L. (Beaverton, Oreg.) Cheung, C.C. (Seattle, Wash.); Thornton, J.E. (Oberlin, Ohio); Nurani, S.D.; Clifton, D.K.; Steiner, R.A. (Seattle, Wash.) Lack of Decrease in Hypothalamic and Hippocampal Glucocorticoid Receptor mRNA during Starvation Estrogen and Laryngeal Synaptic Strength in Xenopus laevis: Makino, S.; Kaneda, T.; Nishiyama, M.; Asaba, K.; Hashimoto, K. (Kochi) Opposite Effects of Acute and Chronic Exposure Wu, K.H.; Tobias, M.L.; Kelley, D.B. (New York, N.Y.) Reproductive Hormones Regulation of Hypothalamic Neurons Central Stimulatory Influence of Oxytocin on Preovulatory Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Requires More than the Homologous Upregulation of sst2 Somatostatin Receptor Median Eminence Expression in the Rat Arcuate Nucleus in vivo Selvage, D.; Johnston, C.A. (Missoula, Mont.) Tannenbaum, G.S.; Turner, J.; Guo, F. (Montreal); Videau, C.; Epelbaum, J. (Paris); Beaudet, A. (Montreal) Serotonin 5-HT,, Receptor mRNA Expression in Dorsal Hippocampus and Raphe Nuclei after Gonadal Hormone Rapid Stimulatory Effects of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Manipulation in Female Rats and Neurotrophin-3 on Somatostatin Release and Intracellular Birzniece, V.; Johansson, I.-M.; Wang, M.-D. (Umea); Seckl, J.R. (Edinburgh); Calcium Rise in Primary Hypothalamic Cell Cultures Backstrém, T.; Olsson, T. (Umea) Marmigére, F.; Choby, C.; Rage, F.; Richard, S.; Tapia-Arancibia, L. (Montpellier) Neuroendocrine Photoperiodic Processes No. 3 The Circadian Clock, Light/Dark Cycle and Melatonin Are Differentially Involved in the Expression of Daily and Rapid Communication Photoperiodic Variations in mt, Melatonin Receptors in the A Role of Ghrelin in Neuroendocrine and Behavioral Responses Siberian and Syrian Hamsters to Stress in Mice Schuster, C.; Gauer, F.; Malan, A.; Recio, J.; Pévet, P.; Masson-Pévet, M. Asakawa, A.; Inui, A.; Kaga, T.; Yuzuriha, H.; Nagata, T. (Kobe); (Strasbourg) Fujimiya, M.; Katsuura, G.; Makino, S. (Shiga); Fujino, M.A. (Yamanashi); Regulation of Norepinephrine in the Medial Preoptic Area of Kasuga, M. (Kobe) Siberian Hamsters by Gonadal Steroids Tomaselli, L.; Endoh, A.; Dodge, J.; Badura, L.L. (Buffalo, N.Y.) Stress, Corticotropin and Neuroimmune Interactions Immobilization Stress Rapidly and Differentially Modulates BDNF and TrkB mRNA Expression in the Pituitary Gland of No. 2 Adult Male Rats Givalois, L.; Marmigére, F.; Rage, F.; Ixart, G.; Arancibia, S.; Tapia-Arancibia, L. (Montpellier) Rapid Communication Acute Effects of Purified and UV-Inactivated Herpes simplex The Endocrine Disrupters Butyl Benzyl Phthalate and Bisphenol Virus Type 1 on the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenocortical Axis A Increase the Expression of Progesterone Receptor Messenger Ben-Hur, T.; Cialic, R.; Itzik, A.; Yirmiya, R.; Weidenfeld, J. (Jerusalem) Ribonucleic Acid in the Preoptic Area of Adult Ovariectomized Acute Stress-Induced Facilitation of the Hypothalamic- Rats Pituitary-Adrenal Axis: Evidence for the Roles of Stressor Funabashi, T.; Kawaguchi, M.; Kimura, F. (Yokohama) Duration and Serotonin Cassano, W.J., Jr.; D’mello, A.P. (Philadelphia, Pa.) Regulation of Anterior Pituitary Hormones Melatonin Receptor Subtype MT2 (Mel 1b) and Not mt1 Nitric Oxide Mediates the Inhibitory Effect of Tumor Necrosis (Mel 1a) Is Associated with Melatonin-induced Enhancement Factor-a on Prolactin Release of Cell-Mediated and Humoral Immunity Theas, S.; De Laurentiis, A.; Candolfi, M.; Lopez, S.L.; Carrasco, A.E.; Drazen, D.L.; Nelson, R.J. (Baltimore, Md.) Zaldivar, V.; Seilicovich, A. (Buenos Aires) Role of Gonadal Steroids in the Corticotropin-Releasing Effects of Loperamide and Other Opioid-Related Substances on Hormone and Proopiomelanocortin Gene Expression Response the Transcriptional Regulation of the Rat Pro-Opiomelanocortin to A’-Tetrahydrocannabinol in the Hypothalamus of the Rat Gene in AtT20 Cells Corchero, J.; Manzanares, J.; Fuentes, J.A. (Madrid) Nomura, A.; Iwasaki, Y.; Aoki, Y.; Yamamori, E.; Mutsuga, N.; Yoshida, M.; Asai, M.; Oiso, Y.; Saito, H. (Nagoya) KARG E R © 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel Fax + 41 61 306 12 34 Access to full text and tables of contents, E-Mail [email protected] including tentative ones for forthcoming issues: www.karger.com www. karger.com/journals/nen/nen_bk.htm Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Differentiation of Hypothalamic Neurons and Pituitary Cells Expression of Functional Melanocortin-4 Receptor in the Differential Interaction of Estrogen Receptor and Thyroid Hypothalamic GT1-1 Cell Line Hormone Receptor Isoforms on the Rat Oxytocin Receptor Khong, K. (Portland, Oreg.); Kurtz, S.E.; Sykes, R.L. (San Diego, Calif.); Promoter Leads to Differences in Transcriptional Regulation Cone, R.D. (Portland, Oreg.) Vasudevan, N.; Davidkova, G.; Zhu, Y.-S. (New York, N.Y.); Koibuchi, N.; Structure and Biological Activity of Gonadotropin-Releasing Chin, W.W. (Boston, Mass.); Pfaff, D. (New York, N.Y.) Hormone Isoforms Isolated from Rat and Hamster Brains Estradiol and para-Chlorophenylalanine Downregulate the Montaner, A.D.; Mongiat, L.; Lux-Lantos, V.A.R. (Buenos Aires); Park, M.K.; Expression of Brain Aromatase and Estrogen Receptor-c mRNA Fischer, W.H.; Craig, A.G.; Rivier, J.E. (La Jolla, Calif.); Lescheid, D. during the Critical Period of Feminization in Tilapia (Victoria); Lovejoy, D. (Toronto); Libertun, C. (Buenos Aires); Sherwood, N.M. (Oreochromis mossambicus) (Victoria); Somoza, G.M. (Buenos Aires) Tsai, C.L.; Wang, L.-H. (Kaohsiung); Fang, L.-S. (Ping Tung) Mutation in the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Interferes with the Differentiation of Anterior Pituitary Secretory Cells No. 4 Gubkina, O.; Cremer, H.; Rougon, G. (Marseille) Differential Neonatal Imprinting and Regulation by Estrogen Regulation of Growth Hormone of Estrogen Receptor Subtypes a and B and of the Truncated Estrogen Receptor Product (TERP-1) mRNA Expression in the Involvement of Nitric Oxide in the Regulation of Growth Male Rat Pituitary Hormone Secretion in Dogs Tena-Sempere, M.; Barreiro, M.L.; Gonzalez, L.C.; Pinilla, L.; Aguilar, E. Valverde, I.; Pefalva, A. (Santiago de Compostela); Ghigo, E. (Turin); (Cordoba) Casanueva, F.F.; Dieguez, C. (Santiago de Compostela) Functional Evidence for the Presence of Type II 5’-Deiodinase in Somatotropes and Its Adaptive Role in Hypothyroidism No. 6 Volpato, C.B.; Nunes, M.T. (Sao Paulo) Regulation of Prolactin and Growth Hormone Signaling Mechanisms In vivo Release of Prolactin-Releasing Peptide in Rat Estrogen Modulation of the Cyclic AMP Response Element- Hypothalamus in Association with Luteinizing Hormone and Binding Protein Pathway. Effects of Long-Term and Acute Prolactin Surges Treatments Watanobe, H. (Otawara) Carlstrom, L.; Ke, Z.-j.; Unnerstall, J.R.; Cohen, R.S.; Pandey, S.C. Effect of Long-Term Treatment with the Antiestrogen (Chicago, III.) EM-652.HCI on Pituitary Estrogen Receptor Alpha and Regulation of Dexras1 Expression by Endogenous Steroids Prolactin mRNA Expression in Intact, Ovariectomized and Brogan, M.D.; Behrend, E.N.; Kemppainen, R.J. (Auburn, Ala.) Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-Treated Female Rats Differential Expression of Calcium Channel Subtypes in the Pelletier, G.; El-Alfy, M.; Labrie, C.; Martel, C.; Labrie, F. (Québec) Bovine Adrenal Medulla Pituitary Growth Hormone Secretion in the Turbot, a Garcia-Palomero, E.; Renart, J.; Andrés-Mateos, E.; Solis-Garrido, L.M. Phylogenetically Recent Teleost, Is Regulated by a Species- (Madrid); Matute, C. (Leioa); Herrero, C.J.,; Garcia, A.G.; Montiel, C. Specific Pattern of Neuropeptides (Madrid) Rousseau, K.; Le Belle, N. (Paris); Pichavant, K. (Plouzané); Marchelidon, J. Dual Effect of Meiatonin on Gonadotropin-Releasing-Hormone- (Paris); Chow, B.K.C. (Hong Kong); Boeuf, G. (Plouzané/Banyuls sur Mer): induced Ca* Signaling in Neonatal Rat Gonadotropes Dufour, S. (Paris) Zemkova, H.; Vanecek, J. (Prague) Activation of Early Genes in Hypothalamic Neurons Clinical Neuroendocrinology Hypothalamic Targets for Prolactin: Assessment of c-Fos Improving Influence of Insulin on Cognitive Functions in Induction in Tyrosine Hydroxylase- and Proopiomelanocortin- Humans Containing Neurones in the Rat Arcuate Nucleus following Acute Central Prolactin Administration Kern, W.,; Peters, A.; Fruehwald-Schultes, B.; Deininger, E.; Born, J.; Fehm, H.L. (Liibeck) Cave, B.J.; Wakerley, J.B. (Bristol); Luckman, $.M. (Manchester); Tortonese, D.J. (Bristol) Changes in Fos Expression in Various Brain Regions during Deoxycorticosterone Acetate Treatment: Relation to Salt No. 5 Appetite, Vasopressin mRNA and the Mineralocorticoid Receptor Regulation of Gonadotropin Secretion Pietranera, L.; Saravia, F.E. (Buenos Aires); McEwen, B.S.; Lucas, L.L. (New York, N.Y.); Johnson, A.K. (lowa City, lowa); DeNicola, A.F. Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor, a gp130 Cytokine, Regulates (Buenos Aires) Preovulatory Surges of Luteinizing Hormone and Prolactin in Differential Responses of Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone the Rat (TRH) Neurons to Cold Exposure or Suckling Indicate Watanobe, H. (Otawara); Habu, S. (Aichi) Functional Heterogeneity of the TRH System in the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Rat Hypothalamus Stimulation of Porcine Pituitary Luteinizing Hormone Release by Galanin: Putative Auto/Paracrine Regulation Sanchez, E.: Uribe, R.M.; Corkidi, G. (Cuernavaca/Mor.); Zoeller, R.T. (Amherst, Mass.); Cisneros, M.; Zacarias, M.; Morales-Chapa, C.; Charli, J.-L.; Elsaesser, F. (Neustadt) Joseph-Bravo, P. (Cuernavaca/Mor.) Profiling y-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA,) Receptor Subunit mRNA Expression in Postnatal Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neuropeptide Correlates of Food Deprivation (GnRH) Neurons of the Male Mouse with Single Cell RT-PCR Pape, J.-R.; Skynner, M.J.; Sim, J.A.; Herbison, A.E. (Cambridge) Food Deprivation Decreases Blood Galanin-Like Peptide and Its Rapid Entry into the Brain Kastin, A.J.; Akerstrom, V.; Hackler, L. (New Orleans, La.) 433 Author Index Vol. 74, 2001 434 Subject Index Vol. 74, 2001 Neuroendocrinology Vol. 74, 2001 Contents