Xie, Cui-Wei and Darrell V. Lewis. Involvement of cAMP-dependent protein kinase in μ-
opioid modulation of NMDA-mediated synaptic currents. J. Neurophysiol. 78: 759–766 …

It has been known for a number of years that μ‐opioid receptor agonists (eg, morphine, β‐
endorphin, and enkephalin) inhibit luteinizing hormone (LH), vasopressin (VP), and oxytocin …

The whole-cell voltage-clamp technique was used to examine opioid regulation of Ba 2+
currents (I Ba) through voltage-sensitive Ca 2+ channels in isolated magnocellular …

To investigate the effects of the endogenous κ-receptor agonists dynorphin and leumorphin
on neurons of the supraoptic nucleus in the rat hypothalamus, intracellular recordings were …

The activation of opioid receptors in neurones of the central nervous system leads to a
variety of effects including the modulation of diuresis and parturition, processes that are …

Oxytocin and vasopressin secreting neurones of the hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus share
many membrane characteristics and a roughly similar morphology. However, these two …

This paper, an examination of works published during 1990, is thirteenth in a series of our
annual reviews of the research involving the behavioral, nonanalgesic, effects of the …

Endomorphins (EMs) have been proposed as the endogenous ligand agonists of the μ‐
opioid receptor; however, no propeptide precursor protein for EMs has been identified. Here …

Opioid peptides have profound inhibitory effects on the production of oxytocin and
vasopressin, but their direct effects on magnocellular neuroendocrine neurons appear to be …

This book is being published at a time when opioid receptors have recently been cloned.
The structural characteristics of opioid receptors and the recent advances in their molecular …