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Contents of volume 40 Number 1, 2 July 1992 Effect of chymotrypsin on human cholecystokinin release: use of clostripain in the validation of a new radioimmunoassay K. Beardshall, P. Deprez, R.J. Playford, M. Alexander and J. Calam (UK)
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Achlorhydria induced changes in gastrin, somatostatin, H+/K+-ATPase and carbonic anhydrase in the sheep M.A. Read, D.M. Read, M. Kapuscinski and A. Shulkes (Australia)
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Cardiovascular and respiratory actions of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptides Y. Ishizuka, K. Kashimoto, T. Mochizuki, K. Sato, K. Ohshima and N. Yanaihara (Japan)
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Demonstration of [12sl]VlP binding sites and effects of VIP on cAMP-formation in rat insulinoma (RINm5F and RIN14B) cells M. Andersson, R. Sillard and A. RSkaeus (Sweden)
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Functional control of chromogranin A and B concentrations in the body of the rat stomach A. Watkinson and G.J. Dockray (UK)
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Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VlP) inhibits rat alveolar macrophage phagocytosis and chemotaxis in vitro D.K. Litwin, A.K. Wilson and S. L Said (USA)
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A novel bombesin receptor antagonist (2258U89), potently inhibits bombesin evoked release of gastrointestinal hormones from rats and dogs, in vitro and in vivo P. Singh, Y.-S. Guo, F. C. Kull and J.J. Leban (USA)
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Purification of cationic cystine-rich peptides from rat bone marrow. Primary structures and biological activity of the rat corticostatin family of peptides D. Belcourt, A. Singh, A. Bateman, C. Lazure, S. Solomon and H. P. J. Bennett (Canada)
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Number 2, 23 July 1992 9th International Symposium on Gastrointestinal Hormones, Leuven, Belgium, 1 - 5 September 1992 Announcement from the Publisher
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Abstracts
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Author index
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Key word index
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Announcements
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Number 3, 13 August 1992 Announcement from the Publisher
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Regular papers Neuropeptides of the vasoactive intestinal peptide/helodermin/pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide family elevate plasma cAMP in mice: comparison with a range of other regulatory peptides A. Absood, D. Chen and R. H~kanson (Sweden) 311 Vascular effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide: a comparison with vasoactive intestinal peptide A. Absood, D. Chen, Z.-Y. Wang and R. H~kanson (Sweden)
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Unlike VIP, the VIP-related peptides PACAP, helodermin and helospectin suppress electrically evoked contractions of rat vas deferens L. Grundemar and R. H~kanson (Sweden)
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Difference between the antisecretory mechanisms of opioids and the somatostatin analogue octreotide in cholera toxin-induced small intestinal secretion in the rat A. Sj6qvist (Sweden)
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Neuropeptide Y modulates the action of vasodilator agents in guinea-pig epicardial coronary arteries S. Gulbenkian, L. Edvinsson, O. Saetrum Opgaard, A. Valenga, J. Wharton and J. M. Polak (Portugal, Sweden, UK)
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Helospectin-like immunoreactivity in the esophagus H. Desai, R. Uddman, J. Malina and F. Sundler (Sweden)
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Vascular control of the pig nasal mucosa: distribution and effect of somatostatin in relation to noradrenaiine and neuropeptide Y J.-S. Lacroix, S. Auberson, D. R. Morel, E. Theodorsson, 7". H6kfelt and J. M. Lundberg (Switzerland, Sweden)
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Bivariate assay for cleaved atrial natriuretic factor (ANF( 101 - 1 0 5 / 1 0 6 - 1 2 6 ) ) in sheep plasma T. Yandle, B. Sadler, C. Charles, E. Espiner and M. Richards (New Zealand)
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Molecular cloning, sequence analysis and translation of proenkephalin mRNA from rat heart S.M. Rao and R. D. Howe/Is (USA)
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Rapid c o m m u n i c a t i o n Discovery of a distinct binding site for angiotensin II ( 3 - 8 ) , a putative angiotensin IV receptor G. N. Swanson, J. M. Hanesworth, M. F. Sardinia, J. K. M. Coleman, J. W. Wright, K. L. Hall, A. V. Miller-Wing, J. W. Stobb, V. I. Cook, E. C. Harding and J. VV. Harding (USA)
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Announcements
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Author index
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Key word index
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