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Oxytocin--anatomy and functional assignments: a minireviewAlexander Kiss
Laboratory of Functional Neuromorphology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Endocr Regul 39:97-105. 2005..OXY acts via the receptor which is a typical class of I G protein-coupled receptor. OXY receptors have also been identified in other tissues, including the kidney, heart, thymus, pancreas, and adipocytes...- Detection of oxytocin mRNA in hypertonic saline Fos-activated PVN neurons: comparison of chromogens in dual immunocytochemical and in situ hybridization procedureZdeno Pirnik
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vl rska 3, 833 06 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Endocr Regul 36:23-30. 2002..the susceptibility of the free floating and mounted cryostat sections, freshly prepared or stored for 24 month at -20 degrees C... - Effect of immobilization on in vitro thyrotropin-releasing hormone release from brain septum in wild-type and corticotropin-releasing hormone knock-out miceA Kiss
D Sci, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vlarska str 3, 833 06 Bratislava, Slovakia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1018:207-13. 2004..Our results show that immobilization stress transiently affects the TRH system in brain septum. Inborn absence of CRH does not affect septal TRH and its response to ethanol before and 3 h after immobilization... - Morphological aspects of the median eminence--place of accumulation and secretion of regulatory neurohormones and neuropeptidesA Kiss
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Gen Physiol Biophys 16:301-9. 1997.... - [The hypothalamo-hypophyseal-adrenocortical axis: organization, dynamic aspects and the effect of stress on corticotropin-releasing hormone activity in neurons]A Kiss
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Bratisl Lek Listy 100:611-24. 1999..not excluding brain damage. The alterations of the HPA axis lead to hypersecretion of glucocorticoids which may play an important role in the pathology of psychical and neurological diseases. (Tab. 3, Fig. 2, Ref. 31.).. - Lesion of central part of the dorsomedial nucleus alters vasopressin but not corticotropin releasing hormone mRNA levels in rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleusA Kiss
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Gen Physiol Biophys 20:393-400. 2001..The rise in CRH mRNA levels after osmotic stress was potentiated in DMN lesioned animals. Thus, the DMN participates in the control of hypothalamic peptide gene expression and pituitary adrenocorticotropic function... - Activity of brain stem groups of catecholaminergic cells in tumor-bearing rats: response to immobilization stressZdenko Pirnik
Laboratory of Functional Neuromorphology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1148:141-7. 2008.... - Activity of oxytocinergic neurons in the supraoptic nucleus under stimulation of alpha2-adrenoceptors in Brattleboro ratsJana Bundzikova
Laboratory of Functional Neuromorphology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1148:154-60. 2008.... - Effect of anorexinergic peptides, cholecystokinin (CCK) and cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript (CART) peptide, on the activity of neurons in hypothalamic structures of C57Bl/6 mice involved in the food intake regulationZdeno Pirnik
Laboratory of Functional Neuromorphology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Peptides 31:139-44. 2010..01). Results indicate that CCK may modify the effect of CART peptide and thus substantially influence activity of neurons in hypothalamic structures involved in regulation of food intake... - Brain response to induced peripheral cancer development in rats: dual fos-tyrosine hydroxylase and fos-oxytocin immunohistochemistryBoris Mravec
Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Endocr Regul 43:3-11. 2009..immune and nervous systems communicate tightly and bidirectionally. The aim of present study was to elucidate whether tumor growth may induce detectable changes in brain structures that are involved in the response to immune challenges... - Fos expression variances in mouse hypothalamus upon physical and osmotic stimuli: co-staining with vasopressin, oxytocin, and tyrosine hydroxylaseZdeno Pirnik
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vlarska 3, 83306 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Brain Res Bull 65:423-31. 2005..The quantity and phenotypic differences of activated hypothalamic neurons may speak out for functional dissimilarities in response to HS and IMO... - Alpha2-adrenergic impact on hypothalamic magnocellular oxytocinergic neurons in long evans and brattleboro rats: effects of agonist and antagonistsJana Bundzikova
Laboratory of Functional Neuromorphology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava 83306, Slovak Republic
Cell Mol Neurobiol 29:1015-23. 2009..These findings suggest that alpha2-adrenoceptors have only a limited impact in maintaining OXY cells activity upregulation in PVN and SON of di/di rats... - Fos expression in hypocretinergic neurons in C57B1/6 male and female mice after long-term consumption of high fat dietZdeno Pirnik
Laboratory of Functional Neuromorphology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Endocr Regul 42:137-46. 2008..The aim of this study was to reveal the activity response of Hcrt neurons, as measured by Fos protein incidence, to prolonged high fat (HF) diet in the LH of both genders of C57B1/6 mice... - Immobilization induced fos expression in the medial and lateral hypothalamic areas: a limited response of hypocretin neuronsAlexander Kiss
Laboratory of Functional Neuromorphology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vlarska str 3, 833 06 Bratislava, Slovakia
Ideggyogy Sz 60:192-5. 2007..However, the scanty response of Hcrt neurons to acute IMO does not allow to assort them to a distinct IMO stress-responsive neuronal phenotypes of the brain... - Fos induction in the rat deep cerebellar and vestibular nuclei following central administration of colchicine: a qualitative and quantitative time-course studyZdeno Pirnik
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vlarska 3, 833 06, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Brain Res Bull 61:63-72. 2003.... - Stress-induced changes in tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression in rat hypothalamic paraventricular, periventricular, and dorsomedial nucleiAlexander Kiss
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1148:74-85. 2008..The regulation of the majority of these TH-positive cells during stress is under modulatory control by brain stem or spinal cord areas... - Response of substances co-expressed in hypothalamic magnocellular neurons to osmotic challenges in normal and Brattleboro ratsJana Bundzikova
Laboratory of Functional Neuromorphology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Cell Mol Neurobiol 28:1033-47. 2008.... - Response of hypothalamic oxytocinergic neurons to immobilization stress is not dependent on the presence of corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH): a CRH knock-out mouse studyZ Pirnik
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
J Physiol Pharmacol 60:77-82. 2009..Our data indicate that CRH deficiency does not alter the responsiveness of PVN and SON OXY cells to IMO stress... - Zolpidem, a selective GABA(A) receptor alpha1 subunit agonist, induces comparable Fos expression in oxytocinergic neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular and accessory but not supraoptic nuclei in the ratAlexander Kiss
Laboratory of Functional Neuromorphology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vlarska Street 3, 833 06 Bratislava, Slovakia
Brain Res Bull 71:200-7. 2006..The present study provides a comparative background that may help in the further understanding of a possible extend of Zolpidem effect on the brain... - Activation of FOS in hypocretin neurons of the rat by insulin-induced hypoglycemiaAlexander Kiss
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vlarska 3, 833 06 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Endocr Regul 38:97-102. 2004..In addition, there was also an attempt to depict the spatial organization of activated HCRT perikarya within the whole portion of the medial and lateral hypothalamic (LHA) areas... - Xylazine activates oxytocinergic but not vasopressinergic hypothalamic neurons under normal and hyperosmotic conditions in ratsZ Pirnik
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vlarska str. 3, 833 06 Bratislava, Slovakia
Neurochem Int 47:458-65. 2005.... - Effect of pentoxifylline on endothelaemia and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis activation in female rats under stress exposureV Kristova
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Gen Physiol Biophys 25:81-9. 2006..Based on these data and our previous study we can conclude that intensive stress has a negative influence on endothelial cells in both sexes and no gender differences seem to be present in the protective action of pentoxifylline... - Improvement in the evaluation of Fos-neuropeptide colocalization by employing free-floating cryosections of delicate thickness: double and triple colored immunohistochemistryJana Bundzikova
Laboratory of Functional Neuromorphology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vlarska Street 3, 833 06 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Endocr Regul 41:3-10. 2007..For this purpose brain sections of variable (5-20 microm) thickness were tested utilizing enzyme-substrate detection system employing oxytocin (OXY) and vasopressin (AVP) antisera... - Fos protein expression in mouse hypothalamic paraventricular (PVN) and supraoptic (SON) nuclei upon osmotic stimulus: colocalization with vasopressin, oxytocin, and tyrosine hydroxylaseZ Pirnik
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, , 833 06 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Neurochem Int 45:597-607. 2004..In addition, the limited number of AVP, OXY, and TH neurons activated by HS may account for their differential functional specializations selective for stress/osmotic circuits activated by HS... - Effect of liver ischemia-reperfusion injury on the activity of neurons in the rat brainZdeno Pirnik
Laboratory of Functional Neuromorphology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 833 06 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Cell Mol Neurobiol 29:951-60. 2009..However, the anatomical distribution of Fos occurrence detected after LIRIs gives great opportunity to perform a targeted phenotypic identification of the activated neurons by LIRIs in the subsequent experiments... - Stress-induced alterations in catecholamine enzymes gene expression in the hypothalamic dorsomedial nucleus are modulated by caudal brain and not hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus neuronsBoris Mravec
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Brain Res Bull 74:147-54. 2007..The gene expression of tyrosine hydroxylase in DMN is modulated by lower brainstem and/or spinal cord, but not by PVN afferents... - Some assessments of the amygdala role in suprahypothalamic neuroendocrine regulation: a minireviewAlzbeta Talarovicova
Department of Animal Physiology and Ethology, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Endocr Regul 41:155-62. 2007..All these events speak out for the importance to preserve the normal function of the amygdala which can only be achieved by constant deepening of our knowledge about this unique structure... - Neural-endocrine-immune complex in the central modulation of tumorigenesis: facts, assumptions, and hypothesesBoris Mravec
Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Sasinkova 4, 811 08 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
J Neuroimmunol 180:104-16. 2006..Moreover, the eventual modulation of tumorigenesis by central nervous system is also considered. Prospective consequences of the interactions between tumor and brain for diagnosis and therapy of cancer are emphasized... - Different antipsychotics elicit different effects on magnocellular oxytocinergic and vasopressinergic neurons as revealed by Fos immunohistochemistryA Kiss
Laboratory of Functional Neuromorphology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
J Neurosci Res 88:677-85. 2010.... - Changes in angiotensin AT1 receptor mRNA levels in the rat brain after immobilization stress and inhibition of central nitric oxide synthaseA Kiss
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 833 06 Bratislava, Slovakia
Endocr Regul 35:65-70. 2001..To study functional interactions between angiotensin II AT1 receptors and nitric oxide (NO) activity in different brain areas in rats exposed to immobilization stress... - Nitric oxide synthase mRNA levels correlate with gene expression of angiotensin II type-1 but not type-2 receptors, renin or angiotensin converting enzyme in selected brain areasO Krizanova
Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
Physiol Res 50:473-80. 2001.... - Gene expression of catecholamine synthesizing enzymes in A5 cell group and modulation of tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA by immobilization stressL Micutkova
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Science, Vl rska 3, 833 06 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Endocr Regul 35:195-200. 2001..The aim of this work was to detect the gene expression of catecholamine synthesizing enzymes in A5 brain nuclei... - Stress-induced rise in endothelaemia, von Willebrand factor and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis activation is reduced by pretreatment with pentoxifyllineD Jezova
Laboratory of Pharmacological Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
J Physiol Pharmacol 54:329-38. 2003..This protective action of pentoxifylline might be of benefit in the prevention and therapy of some stress-related disorders... - Dexamethasone attenuates by colchicine induced Fos expression in the rat deep cerebellar and vestibular nucleiZdeno Pirnik
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, , 833 06 Bratislava, Slovakia
Cell Mol Neurobiol 22:431-44. 2002..The data also indicate that the glucocorticoids might be involved in the regulation of some functions of the CVNC under stress conditions... - Hypertonic saline and immobilization induce Fos expression in mouse brain catecholaminergic cell groups: colocalization with tyrosine hydroxylase and neuropeptide YZdeno Pirnik
D.Sci, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vlarska str. 3, 833 06 Bratislava, Slovakia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1018:398-404. 2004..The data indicate that the activity of TH and NPY hindbrain neurons responds differently to HS and IMO stress, supporting the notion that different stressors have different effects on the activity of autonomic centers... - Prenatal immune challenge affects growth, behavior, and brain dopamine in offspringJan Bakos
Laboratory of Pharmacological Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vlarska 3, 833 06, Bratislava, Slovakia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1018:281-7. 2004..Thus, immune activation during pregnancy may induce long-term changes in brain catecholamines and behavior, but it is not harmful to basal hormone secretion in the offspring... - The effect of swelling on TRH and oxytocin secretion from hypothalamic structuresZ Bacova
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vlarska 3, Bratislava, Bratislava, 833 06, Slovakia
Cell Mol Neurobiol 26:1047-55. 2006..g. stimulation instead of inhibition and vice versa) of hormones engaged in water and salt metabolism regulation... - Distribution of neuronal and non-neuronal spliced variants of type 1 IP(3)-receptor in rat hypothalamus and brain stemJ Kocan
Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vlarska 5, 833 34 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Neurochem Int 41:65-70. 2002..These results demonstrate the distribution of alternatively spliced S2 variants of type 1 IP(3)R in selected brain structures and nuclei. The physiological relevance of these two forms remains to be elucidated by further studies... - Prolactin response to immobilization stress and hemorrhage: the effect of hypothalamic deafferentations and posterior pituitary denervationJ Jurcovicova
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Endocrinology 126:2527-33. 1990..Intact anterolateral pathways to the MBH and stalk-median eminence region are essential for the PRL-releasing activity under both stimuli. The posterior lobe may be an important link in the PRL stress response in male rats... - Effects of benzodiazepines receptor agonists on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axisJens D Mikkelsen
Department of Functional Neuroanatomy and Biomarkers, Neurosearch A S, Pederstrupvej 93, 2750 Ballerup, Denmark
Eur J Pharmacol 519:223-30. 2005.... - The impact of job strain and marital cohesion on ambulatory blood pressure during 1 year: the double exposure studySheldon W Tobe
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Am J Hypertens 20:148-53. 2007..Psychosocial and lifestyle stressors, such as job strain and marital factors, have previously been associated with a sustained increase in blood pressure (BP)... - Effect of cholecystokinin on feeding is attenuated in monosodium glutamate obese miceLenka Maletinska
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo nam 2, 166 10 Praha 6, Czech Republic
Regul Pept 136:58-63. 2006..This makes the MSG model suitable for clarifying generally the central control of food intake... - Negative regulation of corticotropin releasing factor expression and limitation of stress responseGreti Aguilera
Section on Endocrine Physiology, Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 1103, USA
Stress 10:153-61. 2007..Rapid repression of CRF transcription following stress-induced activation is likely to contribute to limiting the stress response and to preventing disorders associated with excessive CRF production... - Impact of job and marital strain on ambulatory blood pressure results from the double exposure studySheldon W Tobe
Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Am J Hypertens 18:1046-51. 2005..Psychosocial stressors such as job strain and marital stress have been associated with a sustained increase in blood pressure (BP)... - Serotonergic stimulation of the rat hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis: interaction between 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A receptorsJens D Mikkelsen
Neurosearch A S, Pederstrupvej 93, 2750 Ballerup, Denmark
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1018:65-70. 2004..In conclusion, 5-HT(1A) and 5-HT(2A) receptors regulate corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) neurons via distinct but strongly interacting pathways, probably converging on the same neurons in the hypothalamus... - Effect of upregulated renin-angiotensin system on per2 and bmal1 gene expression in brain structures involved in blood pressure control in TGR(mREN-2)27 ratsJana Monosíková
Department of Animal Physiology and Ethology, Comenius University Bratislava, Mlynská dolina B2, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Brain Res 1180:29-38. 2007..The area postrema seems to play a key role in the transmission of signals from the periphery to the CNS... - Traumatic memories of relatives regarding brain death, request for organ donation and interactions with professionals in the ICUA Kesselring
Institute of Nursing Science, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Am J Transplant 7:211-7. 2007..Organ-focused behavior of professionals and an ambivalent decision-making style of relatives appear to be risk factors for traumatic memories...