Excitatory Amino Acids: Their Role in Neuroendocrine Function

Author: Darrell W. W. Brann
Published: October 1995
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0849376629
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 317

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This publication focuses on the neuroendocrine functions ofexcitatory neurotransmitters in the brain known as the excitatory amino acid transmitters (EAAs). EEAs, such as glutamate and aspartate, regulate the release of pituitary hormones which in-turn effect most of the physiological systems in the body. This book gives detailed coverage of the role of EAAs in reproduction, growth, the stress axis, seasonal breeding, puberty, learning, and memory.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1 Glutamate Neurotransmission in the Neuroendocrine Hypothalamus 1
Ch. 2 Types of Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors and Their Localization in the Nervous System and Hypothalamus 55
Ch. 3 High-Affinity Glutamate Transporters: Physiological and Pathological Relevance in the Central Nervous System 103
Ch. 4 Role of Excitatory Amino Acids in Reproduction 133
Ch. 5 Excitatory Amino Acids and the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis 167
Ch. 6 Role of Excitatory Amino Acids in the Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion 187
Ch. 7 The Role of Nitric Oxide in the Action of Glutamergic Neurons to Control the Release of Hypothalamic Releasing and Inhibiting Hormones 205
Ch. 8 Regulation of Circadian Rhythms by Excitatory Amino Acids 223
Ch. 9 Excitatory Amino Acids and the Control of Seasonal Breeding 253
Ch. 10 The Role of Excitatory Amino Acids in Learning and Memory 281
Index 307

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