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Contents of volume 50 Number 1, 3 February 1994 Instructions to Authors
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Canine galanin: sequence, expression and pancreatic effects M.R. Boyle, C.B. Verchere, G. McKnight, S. Mathews, K. Walker and G.J. Taborsky Jr. (USA)
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Effect of epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor ~ and nerve growth factor on gastric mucosal integrity and microcirculation in the rat B.L. Tepperman and B.D. Soper (Canada)
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Ontogeny of neuropeptides in the rat urinary bladder J. Ekstr6m, R. Ekman and R. H~kanson (Sweden)
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Purification of a novel DBI processing product, DBI39_75, and characterization of its binding site in rat brain Eo Slobodyansky, L. Antkiewicz-Michaluk and B. Martin (USA)
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RYIRFamide: a turbellarian FMRFamide-related peptide (FaRP) A.G. Maule, C. Shaw, D.W. Halton, W.J. Curry and L. Thim (UK, Denmark)
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Relationship between postprandial release of CCK and PP in health and in chronic pancreatitis B. Glasbrenner, J.E. Dominguez-Mut~oz, D.K. Nelson, R.L. Riepl, M. BOchler and P. Malfertheiner (Germany)
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Angiotensin II neurotransmitter actions in paraventricular nucleus are potentiated by a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor J.S. Bains and A. V. Ferguson (Canada)
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Sequencing and characterization of trypsin modulating oostatic factor (TMOF) from the ovaries of the grey fleshfly, Neobellieria (Sarcophaga) bullata D. Bylemans, D. Borovsky, D.F. Hunt, J. Shabanowitz, L. Grauwels and A. De Loof (Belgium, USA)
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Glycine-extended post-translational processing intermediates of gastrin and cholecystokinin in the gut L. Marino, B. Muglia and C.J. Dickinson (USA)
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Methionine enkephalin metabolism by murine macrophage ectopeptidase(s) B.C. Miller, A. Ackroyd, L.B. Hersh and G.L. Cottam (USA)
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Announcements
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Number 2, 24 February 1994 Announcement from the Publisher
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Enhancement by streptozotocin-induced diabetes of pancreatic prolyl endopeptidase activity in neonatal rats P. Salers (France)
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Insulin-like growth factor I in human gastrointestinal exocrine secretions O.P. Chaurasia, S.P. Marcuard and E.R. Seidel (USA)
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Studies on the structure-activity of motilin in vivo. Effect of motilin synthetic analogues in conscious dog M.C. Raymond, M. Boivin, S. St.-Pierre, D. Gagnon and P. Poitras (Canada)
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In vivo effect of chronic administration of vasoactive intestinal peptide on gut-associated lymphoid tissues in rats N. Ohkubo, S. Miura, H. Serizawa, H.J. Yan, H. Kimura, H. Imaeda, H. Tashiro and M. Tsuchiya (Japan)
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Modulation of tachyphylaxis to angiotensin II in rabbit isolated aorta by the angiotensin AT 1 receptor antagonist, Iosartan M.J. Robertson, A. Wragg and K.L. Clark (UK)
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Peptide-containing nerve fibers in the parathyroid glands of different species L. Luts and F. Sundler (Sweden)
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Immunoreactivity for diazepam binding inhibitor in Gomori-positive astrocytes J.K. Young (USA)
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Purification of a neuropeptide Y-related peptide from the brain of the sea lamprey and its effect on steroidogenesis J.M. Conlon, A. Balasubramaniam and S.A. Sower (USA)
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Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VlP) mRNA expression in rat T and B lymphocytes R.P. Gomariz, J. Leceta, E. Garrido, T. Garrido and M. Delgado (Spain)
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Quantitation of N-terminally extended tachykinins in cerebrospinal fluid from healthy subjects G. Toresson, E. Brodin, C.d.l. Carreras, C. Nordin, A.C. Zachau and L. Bertilsson (Sweden)
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Amylin (islet amyloid polypeptide) inhibition of insulin release in the perfused rat pancreas: implication of the adenylate cyclase/cAMP system R.A. Silvestre, M. Salas, O. Garcia-Hermida, T. Fontela, P. D~gano and J. Marco (Spain)
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Corrigenda
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Announcements
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Nitric oxide modulates the calcitonin gene-related peptide-induced relaxation in guinea pig gallbladder strips in vitro L.W. Kline and P.K.T. Pang (Canada)
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Localization and inhibitory actions of galanin at the feline lower esophageal sphincter G.R. Lichtenstein, J.C. Reynolds, C.P. Ogorek and H.P. Parkman (USA)
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Cholecystokinin- and dexfenfluramine-induced anorexia compared using devazepide and c-fos expression in the rat brain B.-H. Li and N.E. Rowland (USA)
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Evidence for the presence of prolyl oligopeptidase and its endogenous inhibitor in neonatal rat pancreatic E-cells P. Salers (France)
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Modulation by angiotensin Ill of nociception-related and arterial pressure-related neuronal responsiveness in the nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis of the rat Jo Y.H. Chan, H.-F. Tsai, T.B.Jo Kuo and S.H.H. Chan (Taiwan, ROC)
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Neuropeptide Y stimulates proliferation of human vascular smooth muscle cells: cooperation with noradrenaline and ATP
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D. Erlinge, J. Brunkwall and L. Edvinsson (Sweden)
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Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP)-Iike immunoreactivity in human hypothalamus: colocalization with arginine vasopressin K. Takahashi, K. Totsune, O. Murakami, F. Satoh, M. Sone, M. Ohneda, H. Sasano and T. Mouri (Japan)
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Differential regional distribution of gonadotropin-releasing hormones in amphibian (clawed toad, Xenopus laevis) brain J.A. King, A.A. Steneveld and R.P. Millar (South Africa)
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Role of motilin in the control of intestinal absorption, and gastric and biliary secretions in the rat C.F. Nassar, L.E. Abdallah and J.B. Atallah (Lebanon)
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Reviewers 1993
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Author index
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Key word index
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