PUBLISHED
April 25, 2003
Volume 24, Nos. 1/2, Feb-Apr 2003
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Invited
Editorial for the New
Section in the Neuroendocrinology Letters
Technical developments for Neuroendocrinology studies
Michel Salzet
Leading
Article
Direct
analysis of neuropeptides by in situ MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in
the rat brain
[Abstract]
Isabelle Fournier 1
, Robert Day 2 , Michel Salzet 1
1. Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie des Annélides, UMR CNRS 8017,
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve
d'Ascq Cedex, FRANCE
02. Département de Pharmacologie, Institut de Pharmacologie de
Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12e Avenue Nord Sherbrooke,
Québec, CANADA
Original Article
Steroid modulation of angiotensin
II action in the rat anterior pituitary gland
[Abstract and full text]
Running headline: Steroids modulation of angiotensin II action
Key
words: angiotensin
II; inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate; pituitary; pregnenolone sulfate; 17ß-estradiol;
progesterone; dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate
Agnieszka Lachowicz 1, Tomasz Ochedalski 2 & Elzbieta
Rebas 3
1. Department of Experimental Endocrinology and Hormone Research, Institute
of Endocrinology,
2. Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics,
3. Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry,
Medical University of Lodz, POLAND
Review
Article
Perspectives
of new potential therapeutic applications of somatostatin analogs
[Abstract and full text]
This paper was
presented at First Congress of the Polish Society of Neuroendocrinology,
Lodz, September 23-25, 2002.
Running headline: Perspectives of somatostatin analogs.
Key
words: somatostatin
analogs; clinical applications
Marek Pawlikowski, & Gabriela Melen-Mucha
Department of Experimental Endocrinology and Hormone Diagnostics,
Institute of Endocrinology, Medical University of Lodz. POLAND
Original
Research Paper
mt1
melatonin receptor mRNA tissular localization by PCR amplification
[Abstract and full text]
Running headline: Melatonin receptor tissular localization.
Key
words: melatonin,
pineal gland, circadian system, biological rhythms, suprachiasmatic
nuclei, receptors, quantitative PCR
Vincent-Joseph Poirel, Cathy Cailotto, Dominique Streicher,
Paul Pévet, Mireille Masson-Pévet, Francois
Gauer
Laboratoire de Neurobiologie des Rythmes, CNRS-UMR 7518,
Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, FRANCE
Original
Paper
Antibacterial Properties
of Hemerythrin of the Sand Worm Nereis Diversicolor [Abstract
and full text]
Laurence
Deloffre*, Beatrice Salzet *, Didier Vieau, Michel
Salzet.
Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie des Annélides, UMR CNRS 8017,
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve
D'Ascq cedex, FRANCE
Original
Research Paper
Effects
of Cold Stress on Nitric Oxide Production and µ-Opiate Receptor Gene
Expression by Morphine in
Mytilus edulis Pedal Ganglia [Abstract
and full text]
Key words:
nitric oxide; morphine; cold stress; mu opiate receptor; invertebrate
neural tissues
Kirk Mantione, Raymond Hong, Richard Im, Michael Nam,
Max Simon, Patrick Cadet, and George B. Stefano
• Neuroscience Research Institute, State
University of New York,
College at Old Westbury, Old Westbury, NY 11568-0210,USA and the Long
Island Conservatory, Science Program, Albertson, NY, USA
Original
Paper
Functional morphology of
ductus venosus in human fetus
[Abstract
and full text]
Key
words: ductus venosus, intimal pillow, endothelium, hemodynamics
Edward K. Ailamazyan, Olga V. Kirillova, Albert A. Polyanin
&
Igor Yu. Kogan
• Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology
of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA.
Psychoncology and cancer
progression-related alterations of pleasure-associated neurochemical
system: Abnormal neuroendocrine response to apomorphine in advance cancer
patients [Abstract
and full text]
Key
words: apomorphine,
cancer progression, dopaminergic system, pleasure, psychoncology.
Running title: Endocrine
effects of apomorphine in cancer.
Paolo Lissoni 1, Fabio Malugani 1, Vittorio Manganini
2, P Ardizzoia 1, Gianstefano Gardani 1, Erio Bartolacelli
3 Giusy Messina 3 & Gabriele Tancini 1
1. Division of Radiation Oncology, S.Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Milan,
ITALY;
2. Division of Urology, S.Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Milan, ITALY;
3. Psychoncology Service, S.Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Milan, ITALY.
Original
Research Paper
Responses
of the HPA Axis After Chronic Variable Stress: Effects of Novel and
Familiar Stressors [Abstract
and full text]
Jaime L. Simpkiss
and Darragh P. Devine
• University of Florida, Behavioral Neuroscience Program,
Department of Psychology Gainesville, FL, U.S.A
Original
Article
Effects
of Melatonin on Testicular Tissue Nitric Oxide Level and Antioxidant
Enzyme Activities in Experimentally Induced Left Varicocele
[Abstract
and full text]
Atila Semercioz,
Rahmi Onur, Sezai Ogras, Irfan Orhan
• Department
of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Firat, Elazig, TURKEY.
Original
Article
Reduction of
Cizplatin-Induced Anemia by the Pineal Indole 5-Methoxytryptamine in
Metastatic Lung Cancer Patients
[Abstract and full text]
Paolo Lissoni, Fabio Malugani,
Roberta Bukovec, Veronica Bordin, Maristella Perego,
Susan Mengo, Antonio Ardizzoia & Gabriele Tancini.
• Division of Radiation Oncology, S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza
(Milan), ITALY.
Original
Research Paper
Neuroendocrine
alterations in lung cancer patients
[Abstract
and full text]
Gianluigi
Mazzoccoli 1, Stefano Carughi 1, Angelo De Cata
1, Marco La Viola 1 , Antonio Giuliani 1, Roberto Tarquini
2 , Federico Perfetto 2
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Regional General Hospital "Casa
Sollievo della Sofferenza", Cappuccini Av., 71013 S.Giovanni Rotondo
(FG), ITALY.
2. Center of Chronobiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University
of Florence, Pieraccini Av., 50100 Florence (FI), ITALY.
Original
Paper
Validity
of MELISA® for metal sensitivity testing
Running Title: Validity of
MELISA®
[Abstract and full text]
Key Words:
lymphocyte transformation test; MELISA® ; allergy; mercury; nickel
Elizabeth Valentine-Thon (1) Hans-Walter Schiwara (2)
1. MELISA®
(LTT) Center, Laboratory Dr. M.Sandkamp, B.Köster,
Dr. R.Hiller, Bremen,
2 in retirement from the former Laboratory Dr. Schiwara and Partner
(now Medical Laboratory Bremen), Bremen, GERMANY
Original
Paper
Dental
amalgam as one of the risk factors in autoimmune diseases
[Abstract
and full text]
Key Words:
Antinuclear autoantibodies, HgCl2 response, peripheral blood mononuclear
cells, thyroiditis
J. Bártová(1), J. Procházková (1), Z. Krátká (1),
K. Benetková K (1),
Z. Venclíková (1), I. Šterzl (2)
1. Institute of Dental Research, lst Medical Faculty, Charles University
and General Faculty Hospital Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
2. Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
Original
Paper
Effects of
gabaergic and serotoninergic systems on hypothalamic content of catecholomamines
during sexual develpment in female rats
[Abstract and full text]
Key
Words: puberty,
serotonin, GABA, catecholamines
Dora Rondina and Osvaldo J. Ponzo, Berta Szwarcfarb,
Silvia Carbone,
Pablo Scacchi, Jaime A. Moguilevsky
•
Departamento de Fisiologia, Facultad de Medicina,
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Original
Research Paper
Mechanical Reaction of the Frontal
Abdominal Wall to the Impact Load During Gravidity
[Abstract and full text]
Key words:
gravidity, impact load, vibration, cinematographic method, tensometric
method.
Karel Jelen 1, Antonín Doležal 2,
1. Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport.,
Department of Anatomy and Biomechanics,
2. Charles University in Prague, Clinic of Gynaecology and Obstretics,
of
1st Medical Faculty, General Teaching Hospital in Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
Clinical
Study
Real-time
sonography for screening of gallbladder motility in diabetic patients:
Relation to autonomic and peripheral neuropathy [Abstract
and full text]
[Running title: Gallbladder
function in diabetes mellitus]
Key words:
Gallbladder, ultrasound, diabetes mellitus, autonomic neuropathy, peripheral
neuropathy.
Ertugrul
Kayacetin 1, Gurcan Kisakol 2, Ahmet Kaya 2, Zehra
Akpinar 3
1. Selcuk University Meram Medical Faculty, Department of Internal medicine,
Division of Gastroenterology
2. Selcuk University Meram Medical Faculty, Department of Internal medicine,
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
3. Selcuk University Meram Medical Faculty, Department of Neurology,
TURKEY
Case
Report
Repeated Hypoglycemia
and Cognitive Decline
[Abstract and full text]
A. Akyol,
N. Kiylioglu, O. Bolukbasi, E. Güney, Y. Yürekli.
• Department of Neurology,
• Department of Endocrinology,
• Department of Nuclear Medicine
Adnan Menderes University, Medical Faculty, Aydin, TURKEY
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PREFACE
by George B. Stefano: Introductory Guest Editorial
Estrogen
Genomic and Nongenomic Signaling Processes May Really Be Working
In Harmony [see
also: PRESS RELEASE]
[Free full text]
Key
words: estrogen,
gonads, invertebrate, reproduction
George B. Stefano
• Neuroscience Institute, State University
of New York at Old Westbury,
Old Westbury, New York, USA
Original
Research Paper
17-b
estradiol down regulates ganglionic microglial cells via nitric
oxide release: Presence of a fragment of the estrogen receptor b
transcript [Abstract
and free full text]
Key
words: 17-b-estradiol,
estrogen cell surface receptors, nitric oxide, estrogen receptor-b,
microglia, immune activation
George B. Stefano, Wei Zhu, Kirk Mantione,
Dolisha Jones, Elliott Salamon, John Cho and
Patrick Cadet
• Neuroscience Research Institute,
State University of New York College at Old Westbury, Old Westbury,
New York, USA
Original
Research Paper
The
Presence of 17-b estradiol in Mytilus
edulis Gonadal Tissues: Evidence for Estradiol Isoforms [Abstract
and free full text]
Key
words: estrogen,
gonads, invertebrate, reproduction
Wei Zhu, Kirk Mantione, Dolisha Jones, Elliott
Salamon, John J. Cho, Patrick Cadet and George
B. Stefano
• Neuroscience Institute, State University
of New York at Old Westbury, Old Westbury, New York, USA
Review
Article
The
Role of the Estrogen in Neuroprotection: Implications for Neurodegenerative
Diseases [Abstract
and free full text]
Key
words: 17-b-estradiol,
estrogen cell surface receptors, nitric oxide, estrogen receptors,
microglia, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, free radicals,
schizophrenia.
John J. Cho, Francesco A. Iannucci, Melissa Fraile,
Joseph Franco, Tracy N. Alesius and George B. Stefano
• Neuroscience Research Institute,
State University of New York College at Old Westbury, Old Westbury,
New York, USA
LETTER
TO THE EDITOR
IS ADHD ADAPTIVE
OR NON-ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR?
Key
words: ADHD,
evolutionary psychology, adaptive behavior, non-adaptive behavior
[Full
text]
Zdenek Matejcek
Prague Psychiatric Center, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
Invited
Review Article
Order
and disorder in the brain function
[Abstract
and free full text]
[
PRESS RELEASE ]
Olga Quadens, Brussels,
BELGIUM
Invited
NEL Review
Etiopathogenesis of Graves'
disease [Abstract
and free full text]
Key words:
Graves'
disease; autoimmune diseases; hyperthyroidism; ophtalmopathy; dermopathy
Karasek Michal 1, 2 & Lewinski Andrzej 1
1. Department of Endocrinology and Isotope Therapy, Medical University
of Lodz - Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute,
Lodz;
2. Department of Electron Microscopy, Chair of Pathomorphology,
Medical University of Lodz, POLAND.
Case
Report
The
Steroid-Responsive Hiccup Reflex Arc:
Competitive Binding to the Corticosteroid-Receptor?
Key
words: Anabolic
steroids; Brain tumor; Corticosteroids; Neurosurgery; Oxandrin;
Oxandrolone [Abstract
and free full text]
Rob D. Dickerman, Chris Overby, Mark Eisenberg,
Peter Hollis,
Mitchell Levine
Department of Neurosurgery, North Shore University Hospital, New
Hyde Park, NY, USA
Original
Article
Neonatal Hypothalamic
Androgenization in the Female Rat Induces Changes in Peripheral
Insulin Sensitivity and Adiposity Function at Adulthood [Abstract
and free full text]
Running
title: Early hyperandrogenicity and insulin resistance.
Key words: leptin, glucose load, glucocorticoid,
sex steroids, PCOS.
Mario Perelló 1, Daniel Castrogiovanni 1, Griselda
Moreno 1,
Rolf C. Gaillard 2 and Eduardo Spinedi 1
1 Neuroendocrine Unit, Multidisciplinary Institute on Cell Biology
(CONICET-CICPBA), La Plata, ARGENTINA;
2 Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology & Metabolism, University
Hospital, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND.
Original
Article
Direct effects of cocaine-amphetamine-regulated
transcript (CART) on pituitary hormone release in pituitary cell
culture [Abstract
and free full text]
Key
words: CART
- pituitary hormones - cell culture
Boguslawa Baranowska, Ewa Wolinska-Witort, Magdalena
Chmielowska, Lidia Martynska, Agnieszka Baranowska-Bik
Neuroendocrinology Dept. Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education
Warsaw, POLAND
Original
Article
Chromacin-like
peptide in leeches
Key
Words:
chromogranin-like derived peptide, Leech
[Abstract and free full text]
Michel Salzet 1,2* and George Stefano 1,2
1.
Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie des Annélides, UMR CNRS 8017,
SN3, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve
d'Ascq Cedex, FRANCE.
2. Neuroscience Research Institute, State University of New York
at Old Westbury, Old Westbury, NY 11568-0210, USA
Original
Article
Melatonin
Supplementation Restores Cellular Proliferation and DNA Synthesis
in the Splenic and Thymic Lymphocytes of Old Rats [Abstract
and free full text]
Running title: Melatonin
stimulates lymphocytes
Key words: Autoradiography, 3H-thymidine,
cell proliferation, DNA synthesis, lymphocytes, histopathology
Gamal H. El-Sokkary 1, Russel J. Reiter 2, Sary Kh.
Abdel-Ghaffar 3
1 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University,
Assiut, EGYPT
2 Department of Cellular and Strucural Biology,
The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX,
USA
3 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut
University, Assiut, EGYPT
Original
Article
Peptides
of pineal gland and thymus promong human life
Running headline: Peptide
bioregulators prolong human life
Key words: thymus; epiphysis; peptides;
geroprotectors; Thymalin; Epithalamin; aging; life span
[Abstract
and free full text]
Vladimir Kh. Khavinson, Vyacheslav G. Morozov
• St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation
and Gerontology of the North-Western Branch of the Russian Academy
of Medical Sciences, RUSSIA
Original
Article
Gastric emptying in subclinical
hyperthyroidism
[Abstract
and free full text]
Key
words: gastric
emptying, subclinical hyperthyroidism, radiolabeled
Gurcan Kisakol 1, Ertugrul Kayacetin 2, Oktay Sari
3, Ahmet Kaya 1
1. Selcuk University Meram Medical Faculty, Internal Medicine, Division
of Endocrinology and Metabolism;
2. Selcuk University Meram Medical Faculty, Internal Medicine, Division
of Gastroenterology;
3. Selcuk University Meram Medical Faculty, Department of Nuclear
Medicine,
TURKEY.
Original
Article
Hormonal function and
proliferative activity of thymic cells in humans: immunocytochemical
correlations
[Abstract
and free full text]
Key words: thymus, immunocytochemistry,
hormone' expression, epithelial cells, proliferation of thymocytes.
Igor M. Kvetnoy,1 Victoria O. Polyakova,2 Alexander
V. Trofimov,2
Vadim V. Yuzhakov,3 Alexander A. Yarilin,4 Emma S.
Kurilets, 3
Ludmila N. Mikhina, 3 Nina I. Sharova, 4 Maria F.
Nikonova 4
1. Ott Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Petersburg,
2. St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology, St.
Petersburg,
3. Medical Radiological Research Center, Obninsk,
4. Institute of Immunology, Moscow.
RUSSIA
Original
Article
The Effect of Estradiol,
but not Progesterone, on the Production of Cytokines in Stimulated-Whole
Blood is Concentration-Dependent [Abstract
and free full text]
Key
Words: Estradiol;
Progesterone; TNF-a; IFN-g; IL-10; IL-12
Running Title: Estradiol, Progesterone and Cytokines Production
Khalid Z. Matalka
• Faculty of Pharmacy and Medical Technology,
University of Petra,
Amman, JORDAN
Original
Article
Effects of mental
stress on cardiovascular and endocrine response in Air Force Academy
cadets [Abstract
and free full text]
Running Title: Stress
response in Air Force Academy cadets
Key words: mental stress; heart rate;
blood pressure; stress hormones; psychometric tests; pilots
Paolo Falaschi, Antonella Proietti, Claudio De
Angelis*,
Antonio Martocchia, Cesare Giarrizzo, Roberto Biselli*,
Rosaria D'Urso, Raffaele D'Amelio
• Dept. of Internal Medicine, II Faculty
of Medicine, University of Rome
"La Sapienza", Rome.
• *Experimental Flight Center - Dept.
of Aviation and Space Medicine,
Pratica di Mare, Rome, ITALY
Original
Article
Evaluation
of the Pituitary-adrenal axis in hyperandrogenic women with polycystic
ovary syndrome [Abstract
and free full text]
Key
words: ACTH
test; cortisol; 17-hydroxyprogesterone; polycystic ovary syndrome
Rafael Luboshitzky, Abraham Ishai, Zila Shen-Or,
Paula Herer
• Endocrine Institute, Haemek Medical
Center, Afula
• Endocrine Laboratory, Rambam Medical
Center, Haifa
• B.Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute
of Technology
Haifa, ISRAEL
Original
Article
The Effects of Music and
Visual Stress on Testosterone and Cortisol in Men and Women
[Abstract
and free full text]
Key
words: testosterone;
cortisol; listening to music; visual stress; differences between
the sexes
Hajime Fukui, Masako Yamashita
• Nara University of Education,
Nara University of Education, Dept. of Education, Nara, JAPAN
Original Article
The
effect of prophylactic melatonin administration on reperfusion damage
in experimental testis ischemia-reperfusion [Abstract
HERE]
Key
Words: Testis
torsion, ischemia-reperfusion, Malondialdehyde
Ahmet Ozturk, Abdulkerim Kasim Baltaci, Rasim Mogulkoc,
Bahadir Ozturk
• Selcuk University, School of
Medicine, Urology Department, Konya
• Selcuk University, School of Medicine,
Physiology Department, Konya
• Selcuk University, School of Medicine,
Biochemistry Department, Konya, TURKEY
Original
Article
Testosterone and gonadotropin
levels in men with dementia [Abstract
and free full text]
Running title:
Gonadotropin levels in men with dementia
Key words: Alzheimer's disease; dementia;
gonadotropins; LH/FSH; testosterone
E. Hogervorst, M. Combrinck, A.D. Smith
• Oxford Project To Investigate Memory
and Ageing, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford,
U.K.
Original
Article
Ultrastructure of pinealocytes
in mice implanted with Colon 38 adenocarcinoma
[Abstract
and free full text]
Key
Words:
pineal gland; pinealocyte; ultrastructure; colon cancer
Michal Karasek 1, Anna Zielinska 1, Krystyna Marek
1,
Jacek Swietoslawski 1 & Katarzyna Winczyk 2
1. Department of Electron Microscopy, Chair of Pathomorphology,
Medical University of Lodz.
2. Department of Experimental Endocrinology and Hormone Diagnostics,
Institute of Endocrinology; Medical University of Lodz, POLAND
Original
Article
Reduction
of night/day difference in melatonin blood levels as a possible
disease-related index in schizophrenia
[Abstract
and free full text]
Key
words: melatonin,
schizophrenia, circadian rhythm, psychopathology, index
by Giuseppe Bersani, Monica Mameli, Alessandra Garavini,
Paolo Pancheri (1), Maurizio Nordio (2)
(1) 3rd Psychiatric Clinic, Department of Psychiatric Sciences and
Psychological Medicine,
(2) Department of Medical Physiopathology,
University of Rome, "La Sapienza", Rome, ITALY
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Original
Article
Total pineal endocrine
susbtitution therapy (TPEST) as a new enuroendocrine palliative
treatment of untreatable metastatic solid tumor patients: A phase
II study.
[Abstract
and free full text]
Key
words : melatonin;
pineal gland; pineal indoles; supportive care.
Running title: Total pineal endocrine substitution therapy
of metastatic cancer.
Paolo Lissoni 1, Fabio Malugani 1, Fernando Brivio
2, Alessandra Piazza 1, Carmen Vintimilla 1, Luisa
Giani 1 & Gabriele Tancini 1
1. Division of Radiation Oncology, S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza (Milan),
ITALY.
2. Third Surgical Division, S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza (Milan),
ITALY.
Original
Article
The effects
of photoperiod on testes in rat:
A morphometric and immunohistochemical study
[Abstract
and free full text]
Key
words: photoperiod;
testes;
immunohistochemistry; rat
by Ilter Kus (1), Nusret Akpolat (2), Hakan Oner
(3), Ahmet Ayar (4), Hidir Pekmez (1), Oguz Aslan
Ozen (5) and Mustafa Sarsilmaz (1)
(1) Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University,
Elazig;
(2) Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University,
Elazig;
(3) Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine, Antalya University, Burdur;
(4) Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University,
Elazig
(5) Dept. of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine; Zonguldak Karaelmas University,
Zonguldak; TURKEY
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Original
Article
Effects
of Central and Peripheral Administration of Leptin on Pain Threshold
in Rats and Mice
[Abstract
and free full text]
Selim Kutlu, Sinan
Canpolat, Suleyman Sandal, Mete Ozcan,
Mustafa Sarsilmaz & Haluk Kelestimur
• Department of Neuroendocrinology, The Institute of Health
Science,
Firat Universtiy, Elazig, TURKEY.
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Original
Article
Free radicals after
painful stimulation are influenced by antioxidants and analgesics
Key
words: nociception,
free radicals, antioxidants
Richard Rokyta 1, Václav Holecek 2, Ivana Pekárková
1, Jana Krejcová 2, Jaroslav Racek 2, Ladislav Trefil
2, Anna Yamamotová 1
1. Charles University, Third Faculty of Medicine, Department of Normal,
Pathological and Clinical Physiology, Prague;
2. Charles University, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty Hospital, Department
of Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, Plzen;
CZECH REPUBLIC
Associations
between the human insulin gene 5' VNTR
and clinical variables of the renin-angiotensin system
Key words:
genetics; hypertension; VNTR of insulin gene locus; quantitative trait
locus (QTL); renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS); restriction
fragament length polymorphism (RFLP).
Philippe M. Frossard 1, S. Hasan Parvez 2, Gilles G.
Lestringant 3,
Nelofar S.J Kureshi
1. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
2. Neuroendocrinology Unit, Reims University, France.
3. Department of Internal Medicine, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
Original
Article
Serum
testosterone levels and coital activity in men with somatosexual disorders
Key
words: serum
testosterone; coital activity; Klinefelter's syndrome; varicocele;
ageing
Jirí Raboch 1, Slavomír Pietrucha 1 Jan Raboch
2
1. Psychiatric Department, 1st Medical School of Charles University,
Prague
2. Sexological Institute, 1st Medical School of Charles University,
Prague
CZECH REPUBLIC
Original
Article
Plasma
amino acids in ecstasy users
Key
words: ecstasy,
3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA, plasma, amino acids, psychosis,
delirium
Stuerenburg H.J., Petersen K, Buhmann C., Rosenkranz
M.,
Baeumer T., Thomasius R.
Neurological Department Median Clinic Bad Suelze, GERMANY
Review
Article
The
role of oxidative stress in physiological and pathological processes
in the thyroid gland; possible involvement in pineal-thyroid interactions
Running headline: Oxidative stress, thyroid
gland, and melatonin
Key
words: thyroid
gland; thyroid hormones; oxidative damage; antioxidant; melatonin
Malgorzata Karbownik 1,2 & Andrzej Lewinski 1,2
1. Department of Endocrinology and Isotope Therapy, Medical University
of Lodz;
2. Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute, Lodz, POLAND
Review
Article
Neuroendocrine and
Cytokines-Induced Responses to Minutes, Hours, and Days of Mental
Stress
Key words: mental stress, examination,
cytokines, HPA axis and SAM system
Khalid Z. Matalka
Faculty
of Pharmacy and Medical Technology, University of Petra,
Amman, JORDAN
Imaging
along the various time scales of ourselves and our environments near
and far:
Chronomics detects spectral bioresonance at frequencies
covering over 10 orders of magnitude.
In
memoriam - lost future: Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. rer. nat. Barbara Schack:
1952 - 2003.
Halberg F, Cornelissen G, et al.
Original
Article
Peptide Epitalon activates
Chromatin at the old age
Running headline: Epitalon activates chromatin
at the old age
Key
words: aging,
peptide, heterochromatinization, Epitalon, activation of chromosomes
Vladimir Kh. Khavinson 1, Teimuraz A. Lezhava 2, Jamlet
R. Monaselidze 3, Tinatin A. Jokhadze 2, Nana A. Dvalishvili
2, Nino K. Bablishvili 2, Svetlana V. Trofimova 1
1 St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology of the
North-Western Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
2 Tbilisi State University,
3 Institute of Physics of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi,
GEORGIA
Original
Article
Effects of melatonin and oxytetracycline in autologous intraperitoneal
ovary transplantation in rats
Key
Words: Melatonin,
Oxytetracycline, Ovarian transplantation
Ekrem Sapmaz (1), Ahmet Ayar (2), Husnu Celik (1),
Tansel Sapmaz (3), Nermin Kilik (4), Mehmet A. Yasar
(5)
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2. Department of Pharmacology,
3. Department of Histology,
4. Department of Biochemistry
5. Department of Anaesthesiology
Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, TURKEY
Original
Article
In vitro effect of melatonin on
oxygen consumption in liver mitochondria of rats
Running headline: Melatonin effect on mitochondrial
respiration
Key
words: Melatonin;
oxygen consumption; liver mitochondria; succinate; ß-hydroxybutyrate;
malate
Carlos F. Reyes-Toso, Conrado R. Ricci, Inés R. de
Mignone, Patricia Reyes, Laura M. Linares, Liliana
E. Albornoz, Daniel P. Cardinali & Angel Zaninovich
• Departamento de Fisiología and Hospital de Clínicas. Facultad de
Medicina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires. ARGENTINA.
Original
Article
Effect of unilateral superior cervical
ganglionectomy on mandibular bone in rats
Running headline: Tooth eruption in denervated
mandible
Key
words: bone sympathetic
nerves; mandible; peripheral volumetric bone density; superior cervical
ganglionectomy; tooth eruption
Marta Ladizesky 1, María A. Lama 2, Emilio J. A. Roldán
3, Rodolfo A. Cutrera 4, Verónica Boggio 4, Máximo J.
Giglio 2 & Daniel P. Cardinali 4
1 Sección Osteopatías Médicas, Hospital de Clínicas "José de San Martín",
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires,
2 Cátedra de Patología y Clínica Bucodental I, Facultad de Odontología,
Universidad de Buenos Aires,
3 PQCT S.A, Buenos Aires, and
4 Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina,
Universidad de Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
Original
Article
Melatonin does not affect p21 expression
in rat thyroid follicular cells
Key
words: melatonin;
p21 protein; cell-cycle; rat thyroid
Adam Gesing, Joanna Jagiela, Andrzej Lewinski
Department of Thyroidology, Institute of Endocrinology,
Medical University of Lódz, POLAND
Thousands
of blood pressure and heart rate measurements at fixed clock hours
may mislead
Yoshihiko Watanabe
1, Germaine Cornélissen 2, Franz Halberg 2
1 Department of Medicine I, Division of Neurocardiology, Tokyo Women's
Medical University, Tokyo, JAPAN
2 Halberg Chronobiology Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
MN, USA
Original
Article
The
effect of intraperitoneal melatonin supplementation on the release
of thyroid hormones and testosterone in rats with hyperthyroid
Key
words: Hyperthyroidism,
thyroid hormones, melatonin, testosterone
Rasim Mogulkoc Abdulkerim Kasim Baltaci
Selcuk University, Meram Medical School, Department of Physiology,
Konya-TURKEY
Original
Article
Effects of treatment with somatostatin analogues on the occurrence
of apoptosis in somatotropinomas
Key
words: apoptosis;
somatostatine analogue; lanreotide; somatotropinomas; pituitary
Ryszard Wasko 1, Anna Jankowska 2, Malgorzata Kotwicka
2,
Wlodzimierz Liebert 3, Jerzy Sowinski 1 & Jerzy Bozydar
Warchol 2
1. Department of Endocrinology, Institute of Internal Diseases,
Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, POLAND.
2. Department of Radiobiology and Cell Biology, Karol Marcinkowski
University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, POLAND.
3. Department of Neurosurgery, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical
Sciences, Poznan, POLAND.
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Vol. 24, No.6, Dec 2003
Guest
Editorial
HEALTH,
WELL-BEING, AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE:
SOME PSYCHOSOMATIC REFLECTIONS
Vladislav Zikmund
Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Bratislava, SLOVAK REPUBLIC
LAUDATIO
to Professor Marek Pawlikowski, outstanding endocrinologist and great
humanist, on his 70th birthday and 50th anniversary of scientific and
didactic activity
Michal Karasek
Professor of Medical University of Lodz, POLAND
Deputy Chief Editor, Neuroendocrinology Letters
Original
Article
Angiotensins
II and IV stimulate the rat anterior pituitary cell proliferation independently
of the AT1 receptor subtype
Key words:
angiotensin II; angiotensin IV; AT1 receptor; losartan; pituitary; proliferation
Dorota Ptasinska-Wnuk, Jolanta Kunert-Radek, Marek Pawlikowski
Institute of Endocrinology, Medical University of Lodz, POLAND
Melatonin
secretion profile after experimental pineal gland compression in rats*
Key
words: pineal region
tumor; melatonin; pineal gland compression
Marek Mandera 1, Renata Dec 2, Wieslaw Marcol 1,3
& Katarzyna Kotulska 3,4
*Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Marek Pawlikowski on his 70th Anniversary.
1. Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Silesian
University School of Medicine, POLAND
2. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Silesian University School of Medicine,
Katowice, POLAND
3. Department of Physiology, Silesian University School of Medicine,
Katowice, POLAND
4. Department of Neurology, Silesian University School of Medicine,
Katowice, POLAND
Original
Article
Anticipated academic
examinations induce distinct cortisol responses in adolescent pupils
Key
words: cortisol,
examination, stress, adolescent, personality traits, sensation seeking
Lucie Martinek 1, Karin Oberascher-Holzinger 2, Stefan
Weishuhn 3, Wolfgang Klimesch 1, and Hubert H. Kerschbaum*2
1 Department of Physiological Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University
of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg, AUSTRIA,
2 Department of Molecular Neurobiology and Cellular Physiology, Institute
of Zoology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg,
AUSTRIA
3 BORG Salzburg, Akademiestr. 21, 5020 Salzburg, AUSTRIA
Original
Article
Curcumin Inhibits
Dose-Dependently and Time-Dependently Neuroglial Cell Proliferation
and Growth
Key Words:
curcumin; curcuminoids; neuroglia; proliferation; dosage; astrocytes;
oligodendrocytes
Surendra S. Ambegaokar, B.A. Lauren Wu, Kaneshka Alamshahi,
Jennifer Lau, Lila Jazayeri, B.A. Sharon Chan,
B.A. Pavan Khanna, Emily Hsieh and Paola S. Timiras
a) University of California, Berkeley; Department of Molecular and Cell
Biology. Berkeley, California, USA
b) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Life Sciences Division. Berkeley,
California, USA
Review
Article
Biorhythms
and pineal gland
Running headline: Biorhythms and pineal gland
Key
words:
Biorhythm: endocrine rhythms; pineal gland; melatonin; mammals; birds;
circadian melatonin rhythm; light impulses.
Valér Csernus, Bela Mess, professor, M.D., Ph.D., D.SC.
Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Univ. Sci., Pécs,
HUNGARY
TITLE
TESTOSTERONE AND FREE THYROXIN BLOOD IN CONGENITALLY ACALLOSAL MALE
BALB/cCF MICE AUTHORS
Key
words: testosterone;
Thyroxin; Corpus Callosum; Mice.
Carlos Alberto Mourão Júnior 1,2, Sergio Luís Schmidt
3,
Alex Christian Manhães 3
1 Departamento de Fisiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade
Federal de Juiz de Fora.
2 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Endocrinologia, Universidade Federal
de São Paulo
3 Laboratório de Neurofisiologia, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas,
Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado
do Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
Original
Article
NMDA receptor antagonists
reduced restraint-induced release of prolactin in male rats
Running Headline: NMDA antagonists reduced PRL release
Key
words: Prolactin;
NMDA receptor; Restraint; Stress; MK-801; AP-5; Peripuberal; Middle-aged;
Rat
Jian-Xiang LIU 1, Ji-Zeng DU 1, Professor Sayaka ASAI
2, Zhan-Quan SHI 2, Gen WATANABE 2, Kazuyoshi TAYA
2
1 Division of Neurobiology and Physiology, College of Life Sciences,
Yuquan Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic
of China
2 Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo
University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 183-8509, JAPAN
Tracking
the elusive antiestrogenic effect of melatonin:
A new methodological approach
Key
words: breast cancer;
estradiol; growth inhibition; melatonin, receptors
Rainer Girgert 1, Christian Bartsch 2, Steven M. Hill
3, Rolf Kreienberg 1, Volker Hanf 4
1. Dept. of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Ulm, GERMANY
2. Dept. of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Tübingen, GERMANY
3. Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
4. Dept. of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Göttingen, GERMANY
Original
Article
Gender-related differences
in non-functioning pituitary adenomas Running
title: Non-functioning pituitary adenomas
Key
words:
pituitary; gender; outcome; clinically non-functioning adenoma
Bernhard Schaller
Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SWEDEN
Original
Article
Pituitary-gonadal
function in men with obstructive sleep apnea. The effect of continuous
positive airways pressure treatment
Running headline: reproductive hormones and sleep
apnea
Key
words:
continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP) treatment, luteinizing hormone,
sleep apnea, and testosterone
Rafael Luboshitzky., Lena Lavie, Zila Shen-Orr,
Peretz Lavie
Endocrine Institute (R.L), Haemek Medical Center, Afula 18101, Israel;
Unit of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Technion (L.L.),
Endocrine Laboratory (ZSO), Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel; and
The Sleep Research Center (P.L.), Technion, Israel Institute of Technology,
Haifa 32000, ISRAEL
Letter
to the Editor
The
Cellular Immunodeficiency Associated with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
May Be the Result of Sympathetic Overactivity and Be Correctable by
Beta-2-Blockers
M.R. Namazi
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IRAN
Original
Article
The correlation
between plasma homocystein and malondialdehyde levels in preeclamptia
[Short title: Homocysteine and malondialdehyde
in preeclamtia]
Key
words: malondialdehyde,
homocysteine, preeclamptia
by Niyazi Tug (1), Husnu Celik (1), Gurkan Cikim,(2),
Oguz Ozcelik (3), Ahmet Ayar (4)
(1) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Firat
University, Elazig;
(2) Department of Biochemsitry, School of Medicine, Firat University,
Elazig;
(3) Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Firat University,
Elazig;
(4) Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Firat University,
Elazig
TURKEY
Original
Article
Serum levels of angiogenic
growth factors in patients with thyroid gland tumors and parathyroid
adenoma
Running title:
Serum bFGF and VEGF in thyroid and parathyroid tumors
Key Words:
thyroid; parathyroid; tumor; bFGF; VEGF; angiogenesis
David
Veselý (1), Jaromír Astl (1,2), Petr Matucha
(3), Ivan Šterzl (3,4), Jan Betka (1,2)
1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. The First
Medical Faculty of the Charles University in Prague, University Hospital
Motol, Czech Republic
2 ENT Department, Postgraduate Medical School. Prague, Czech Republic
3 Institute of Endocrinology. Prague, Czech Republic
4 Institute of Immunology and Microbiology. The First Medical Faculty
of the Charles University in Prague, General University Hospital in
Prague,
CZECH REPUBLIC
Original
Article
In humans,
coricotropin releasing hormone antagonizes some of the negative immunoregulatory
effects of serotonin
Key Words:
serotonin, stress, cytokines, corticotropin releasing hormone
Michael Maes 1,2 Gunter Kenis 1, Marta Kubera 2,
Eugene Bosmans 1
1.
Clinical Research Center for Mental Health, Limburg, BELGIUM.
2. Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Maastricht, Maastricht,
THE NETHERLANDS
Original
Article
Foetal
origins theory:
Links with adult depression and general self-efficacy
Running Title: Birthweight, depression and general self-efficacy
Key
words: Barker hypothesis,
foetal origins theory, adult depression
Denise
A. Bellingham-Young & Elvidina N. Adamson-Macedo
University of Wolverhampton, Scholl of Applied Sciences,
Division of Psychology, Wolverhampton, UNITED KINGDOM
Original
Article
The
role of neuropeptides in the disturbed control of appetite and hormone
secretion in eating disorders
Key
words: neuropeptides;
obesity; anorexia nervosa
Boguslawa Baranowska, Ewa Wolinska-Witort, Elzbieta Wasilewska-Dziubinska,
Krzysztof Roguski, Lidia Martynska, Magdalena Chmielowska
Neuroendocrinology Department, Medical Center of Postgraduate Education,
Warsaw, POLAND
Original
Article
The
function of the blood aqueous barrier in eyes with emulsified silicone
oil
Key
words:aqueous humor,
blood aqueous barrier silicone oil emulsification, 1H NMR spectroscopy.
Petr
Soucek 1, Jaroslav Havlícek 2, Marcela Tkadlecová
3, Ivan Karel 3, Karel Volka 2, Ilona Cihelková
1
1. The Eye Department, University Hospital, Srobárova 50, 100
34 Prague,
2. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology
Prague,
3. Department of Ophtalmology of the 1. Medical Faculty, Charles University,
Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
Medical
History
A
CONCISE SURVEY OF L. DÉRER'S WORK ON BIORHYTHMICITY
Ivan Ruttkay-Nedecký
Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Slovak Academy
of Siences, Bratislava, SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Season's
Appreciations 2002
Halberg
F, Cornelissen G et al.
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