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Author:   Gerald Litwack (Emeritus Founding Chair and Professor, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, United States<br>Emeritus Professor, Rutgers University, United States)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Volume:   97
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.770kg
ISBN:  

9780128024430

ISBN 10:   0128024437
Pages:   358
Publication Date:   20 February 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Helix-Constrained Nociceptin Peptides Are Potent Agonists and Antagonists of ORL-1 and Nociception Rink-Jan Lohman, Rosemary S. Harrison, Gloria G. Ruiz-Gómez, Huy N. Hoang, Nicholas E. Shepherd, Shiao Chow, Timothy A. Hill and David P. Fairlie 2. Bioinformatics and Evolution of Vertebrate Nociceptin and Opioid Receptors Craig W. Stevens 3. Ancestral Vertebrate Complexity of the Opioid System Dan Larhammar, Christina Bergqvist and Görel Sundström 4. Synthesis and Biological Activity of Small Peptides as NOP and Opioid Receptors Ligands – View on Current Developments Emilia Naydenova, Petar Todorov and Rositza Zamfirova 5. Pain Regulation Induced by Nocistatin-Targeting Molecules: G Protein-Coupled-Receptor and Nocistatin-Interacting Protein Emiko Okuda-Ashitaka and Seiji Ito 6. Nociceptin and Meiosis during Spermatogenesis in Postnatal Testes Ko Eto 7. Orphanin FQ-ORL-1 Regulation of Reproduction and Reproductive Behavior in the Female. Kevin Sinchak Lauren Paaske and Nayna Sanathara 8. Effects of Nociceptin and Nocistatin on Uterine Contraction. Róbert Gáspár, Beáta H. Deák, Anna Klukovits, Eszter Ducza and Kornélia Tekes 9. Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ - NOP Receptor System in Inflammatory and Immune-mediated Diseases Elaine C Gavioli, Iris Ucella de Medeiros, Marta C Monteiro, Girolamo Calo and Pedro R.T. Romão 10. Endogenous Nociceptin System Involvement in Stress Responses and Anxiety Behaviour Allison Jane Fulford 11. The Neuronal Circuit Between Nociceptin/Orphanin Fq And Hypocretins/Orexins Coordinately Modulates Stress-Induced Analgesia And Anxiety-Related Behavior Xinmin Xie 12. 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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