Articles by author - Wojciech Bik

Direct effect of cortistatin on GH release from cultured pituitary cells in the rat.

Baranowska B, Chmielowska M, Wolinska-Witort E, Bik W, Baranowska-Bik A, Martynska L.

Journal Article 2006; 27(1-2): 153-156 PubMed PMID: 16648801  Keywords:  Animals, Cells, Cultured, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Growth Hormone:metabolism, Male, Neuropeptides:pharmacology, Pituitary Gland:cytology, Radioimmunoassay, Rats, Rats, Inbred WKY,.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: Cortistatin (CST) is a 17-amino acid neuropeptide expressed mainly in the cortex and hippocampus. It is also found in the perip.....

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The effect of cocaine-amphetamine regulated transcript (CART) on the activation of the pituitary-adrenal axis.

Baranowska B, Wolinska-Witort E, Bik W, Baranowska-Bik A, Martynska L, Chmielowska M.

Journal Article 2006; 27(1-2): 60-62 PubMed PMID: 16648774  Keywords:  Adrenocorticotropic Hormone:blood, Animals, Corticosterone:blood, Growth Hormone:blood, Injections, Intraventricular, Male, Nerve Tissue Proteins:pharmacology, Pituitary-Adrenal System:drug effects, Prolactin:blood, Rats, Rats, Inbred WKY,.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: It has been reported that the cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript (CART) is widely expressed in the hypothalamic nucle.....

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Galanin modulates pituitary hormones release.

Baranowska-Bik A, Baranowska B, Wolińska-Witort E, Chmielowska M, Martyńska L, Bik W.

Comparative Study 2005; 26(5): 468-472 PubMed PMID: 16264417  Keywords:  Animals, Cells, Cultured, Female, Galanin:administration & dosage, Injections, Intravenous, Injections, Intraventricular, Ovariectomy, Pituitary Gland:drug effects, Pituitary Hormones:blood, Rats, Rats, Inbred WKY,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Galanin and its receptors are widely distributed within the central and peripheral nervous system, especially in hypothalamus .....

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The role of bombesin in the mechanism of pituitary hormones release.

Baranowska B, Wolińska-Witort E, Chmielowska M, Martyńska L, Baranowska-Bik A, Bik W.

Comparative Study 2005; 26(5): 463-467 PubMed PMID: 16264389  Keywords:  Animals, Bombesin:administration & dosage, Cells, Cultured, Female, Injections, Intravenous, Injections, Intraventricular, Ovariectomy, Pituitary Gland:drug effects, Pituitary Hormones:blood, Rats, Rats, Inbred WKY,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Functional studies indicate that bombesin may be involved in many physiological functions, including sensory transmission, the.....

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The physiological role of orexins.

Martynska L, Wolinska-Witort E, Chmielowska M, Bik W, Baranowska B.

Journal Article 2005; 26(4): 289-292 PubMed PMID: 16135995  Keywords:  Animals, Appetite:physiology, Humans, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins:physiology, Narcolepsy:physiopathology, Neuropeptides:physiology, Neurosecretory Systems:physiology, Orexins, Sleep:physiology, Wakefulness:physiology,.    Citation

: Orexins/hypocretins are recently discovered neuropeptides synthetized mainly by neurons located in the posterolateral hypothalamus. Hypo.....

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Does leptin modulate immune and endocrine response in the time of LPS-induced acute inflammation?

Bik W, Wolinska-Witort E, Chmielowska M, Rusiecka-Kuczalek E, Baranowska B.

Journal Article 2001; 22(3): 208-214 PubMed PMID: 11449193  Keywords:  Animals, Corticosterone:blood, Cytokines:blood, Hormones:blood, Inflammation:blood, Interleukin-10:blood, Interleukin-6:blood, Kinetics, Leptin:administration & dosage, Lipopolysaccharides:administration & dosage, Luteinizing Hormone:blood, Male, Prolacti.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: In many studies it has been reported, that leptin may play an important role not only in the regulation of food intake and bod.....

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