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Physiological Pathways Regulating the Activity of Magnocellular Neurosecretory Cells

Gareth Leng, +2 more
- 01 Apr 1999 - 
- Vol. 57, Iss: 6, pp 625-655
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This review considers the rôle played by particular afferent pathways in the regulation of the activity of oxytocin and vasopressin cells.
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This article is published in Progress in Neurobiology.The article was published on 1999-04-01. It has received 307 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Vasopressin & Oxytocin.

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Somatodendritic dynorphin release: orchestrating activity patterns of vasopressin neurons.

TL;DR: It is shown that neuropeptide release from the soma and dendrites of vasopressed neurons activates vasopressin receptors and kappa-opioid receptors to cause activity-dependent modulation of vasobressin neuron activity, and that this is essential for activity patterning in vasoppressin neurons.
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Intracellular calcium increase and somatodendritic vasopressin release by vasopressin receptor agonists in the rat supraoptic nucleus: involvement of multiple intracellular transduction signals.

TL;DR: The V2 agonist activation of both PLC and AC pathways could result from an action on the PLC‐linked unknown receptor, and/or the AC‐linked dual angiotensin II‐vasopressin receptor.
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Regulation of transmitter release by high-affinity group III mGluRs in the supraoptic nucleus of the rat hypothalamus.

TL;DR: Group III mGluR8, because of their high affinity for glutamate, are particularly well suited to detect small changes in the concentration of this excitatory amino acid in the extracellular space and may favor the negative feedback control exerted by glutamate on its own release as well as the intersynaptic crosstalk mediated by glutamate spillover on adjacent synapses.
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Localization and osmotic regulation of vesicular glutamate transporter-2 in magnocellular neurons of the rat hypothalamus.

TL;DR: Evidence is presented that magnocellular oxytocin as well as vasopressin cells contain the glutamatergic marker vesicular glutamate transporter-2, similarly to most of the parvicellular neurosecretory neurons examined so far, and novel mechanisms whereby glutamate of endogenous sources can regulate mag nocellular neuronal functions are suggested.
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A potent and selective endogenous agonist for the mu-opiate receptor.

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The anatomy of neuropeptide-Y-containing neurons in rat brain.

TL;DR: The extremely high concentrations and widespread distribution of neuropeptide Y in the central nervous system suggests a number of important physiological roles for this neurotransmitter candidate.
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Differential co-existence of neuropeptide Y (NPY)-like immunoreactivity with catecholamines in the central nervous system of the rat.

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