Neuropeptides in neuroprotection and neuroregeneration

Content: The Neuropeptide Systems-Some Basic Concepts Tomas Hokfelt, Zhi-Qing David Xu, Tiejun Shi, Csaba Adori, Kang Zheng, Swapnali Barde, and Mingdong Zhang Neuropeptide Biosynthesis Margery C. Beinfeld Neuropeptide Degradation Related to the Expression of Physiological Action of Neuropeptide Chikai Sakurada, Hirokazu Mizoguchi, Takaaki Komatsu, Shinobu Sakurada, and Tsukasa Sakurada Neuropeptides, Isolation, Identification, and Quantitation Jolanta Kotlinska and Jerzy Silberring Cellular and Molecular Processes of Neuronal Damage and Protective Mechanisms in Neuroprotection and Neuroregeneration. What General Messages Can We Learn from the Situation after Brain Ischemia? Gregor Zundorf, Daniel Forster, and Georg Reiser Dynorphins in Central Nervous System Pathology Kurt F. Hauser, Pamela E. Knapp, Tatiana Yakovleva, Dineke S. Verbeek, and Georgy Bakalkin Postnatal Stress Procedures Induce Long-Term Endocrine and Metabolic Alterations Involving Different Proopiomelanocortin-Derived Peptides Alberto Loizzo, Gabriele Campana, Stefano Loizzo, and Santi Spampinato Prothymosin I -A Novel Endogenous Neuroprotective Polypeptide against Ischemic Damages Hiroshi Ueda, Hayato Matsunaga, and Sebok K. Halder Influence of Anabolic Androgenic Steroids on Dynorphinergic Pathways in the Rat Brain Kristina Magnusson Angiotensin II Receptors and Neuroprotection Robert E. Widdop, U. Muscha Steckelings, Claudia A. McCarthy, and Jennifer K. Callaway PACAP and Cellular Protection: Cellular Protection by Members of the VIP/Secretin Family with an Emphasis on Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide Lee E. Eiden General Strategies of Peptide Synthesis Aleksandra Misicka Addressing the Interactions between Opioid Ligands and Their Receptors: Classic and Nonclassic Cases Luca Gentilucci Use of Peptides as Drug Leads-A Case Story on the Development of Dipeptides Corresponding to the Heptapeptide Substance P(1-7), with Intriguing Effects on Neuropathic Pain Rebecca Fransson and Anja Sandstrom Cognition-Enhancing Peptides and Peptidomimetics Fred Nyberg and Mathias Hallberg