Opiomelanotropinergic cells in the intermediate lobe of the pituitary and in neurons in the
brain secrete at least 7 peptides related to melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH) and β …

Evidence that adrenocorticotropic (ACTH) and melanocyte stimulating (MSH) hormones
exert direct effect on th. e central nervous system (CNS), independent of their known …

This remarkable book is addressed first of all to those chemists, biochemists, physiologists,
and pharmacologists who are interested in melanotropins. However, as it is appropriately …

A major problem encountered with autistic children is their characteristic self-stimulatory
behavior, which frequently interferes with on-task responding and other appropriate …

• We reviewed the literature to determine the characteristics of corticosteroid-induced mental
disturbances. We conclude that (1) while dosage may be correlated to the risk of developing …

Living organisms acquire new information by learning and subsequent retention of the
information. Learning is defined here as the acquisition of information or skills. In rodents …

It is apparent that changes in the environment are reflected by chemical and structural
changes in the nervous system. Thus, experience may be chemically and subsequently …

Bilateral adrenalectomy (ADX) induces a significant, regionally selective, increase in GABA,
but not cholinergic muscarinic orα 1-adrenergic, receptor binding in rat brain. The increase …

In this review the behavioral effects of neuropeptides related to ACTH have been considered
and evidence concerning their mechanism of action in animal and man are briefly …

During the past 20 years, there has been repidly accumulating evidence that polypeptide
hormones of pituitary origin are important mediators of behavior. The research has been …