Nociceptin Opioid

First published in 1943, Vitamins and Hormones is the longest-running serial published by Academic Press.

The Series provides up-to-date information on vitamin and hormone research spanning data from molecular biology to the clinic. A volume can focus on a single molecule or on a disease that is related to vitamins or hormones.  A hormone is interpreted broadly so that related substances, such as transmitters, cytokines, growth factors and others can be reviewed.

This volume focuses on nociceptin opioid.

1. Helix-Constrained Nociceptin Peptides Are Potent Agonists and Antagonists of ORL-1 and NociceptionRink-Jan Lohman, Rosemary S. Harrison, Gloria G. Ruiz-Gómez, Huy N. Hoang, Nicholas E. Shepherd, Shiao Chow, Timothy A. Hill and David P. Fairlie2. Bioinformatics and Evolution of Vertebrate Nociceptin and Opioid Receptors Craig W. Stevens3. Ancestral Vertebrate Complexity of the Opioid SystemDan Larhammar, Christina Bergqvist and Görel Sundström4. Synthesis and Biological Activity of Small Peptides as NOP and Opioid Receptors Ligands – View on Current DevelopmentsEmilia Naydenova, Petar Todorov and Rositza Zamfirova5. Pain Regulation Induced by Nocistatin-Targeting Molecules: G Protein-Coupled-Receptor and Nocistatin-Interacting ProteinEmiko Okuda-Ashitaka and Seiji Ito6. Nociceptin and Meiosis during Spermatogenesis in Postnatal TestesKo Eto7. Orphanin FQ-ORL-1 Regulation of Reproduction and Reproductive Behavior in the Female.Kevin Sinchak Lauren Paaske and Nayna Sanathara8. Effects of Nociceptin and Nocistatin on Uterine Contraction.Róbert Gáspár, Beáta H. Deák, Anna Klukovits, Eszter Ducza and Kornélia Tekes9. Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ - NOP Receptor System in Inflammatory and Immune-mediated DiseasesElaine C Gavioli, Iris Ucella de Medeiros, Marta C Monteiro, Girolamo Calo and Pedro R.T. Romão10. Endogenous Nociceptin System Involvement in Stress Responses and Anxiety BehaviourAllison Jane Fulford11. The Neuronal Circuit Between Nociceptin/Orphanin Fq And Hypocretins/Orexins Coordinately Modulates Stress-Induced Analgesia And Anxiety-Related BehaviorXinmin Xie12. Nociceptin/Orphanin-FQ Modulation of Learning and Memory Ouagazzal Abdel-Mouttalib

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Dr. Litwack has authored 3 textbooks on biochemistry and hormones (one with John Wiley & Sons and 2 with Academic Press/Elsevier) and he has edited more than 70 volumes in the Vitamins & Hormones series (Academic Press/Elsevier); he has edited 14 volumes entitled Biochemical Actions of Hormones (Academica Press); He has edited (with David Kritchevsky) Actions of Hormones on Molecular Processes (Academic Press)

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