Neurosecretion Cellular Aspects of the Production and Release of Neu
This volume collects together the Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Neurosecretion which was held in Bristol in September 1987. This series of symposia began with a meeting in Naples in 1953 and it was particularly gratifying to welcome
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NEUROSECRETION Cellular Aspects of the Production and Release of Neuropeptides Edited by
Brian T. Pickering Jonathan B. Wakerley and
Alastair J. S. Summerlee University of Bristol Bristol, United Kingdom
PLENUM PRESS • NEW YORK AND LONDON
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data International Symposium on Neurosecretion (10th: 1987: Bristol, Avon) Neurosecretion: cellular aspects of the production and release of neuropeptides I edited by Brian T. Pickering, Jonathan B. Wakerley, and Alastair J.S. Summerlee. p. cm. "Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Neurosecretion, held August 3 I-September 5, 1987, in Bristol, United Kingdom" - T.p. verso. Includes bibliographies and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-5504-5 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-5502-1 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4684-5502-1 1. Neuropeptides - Metabolism - Congresses. 2. Neurosecretion - Congresses. I. Pickering, Brian T. II. Wakerley, Jonathan B. III. Summerlee, Alastair, J. S. IV. Title. [DNLM: I. Electrophysiology -congresses. 2. Neuropeptides - biosynthesescongresses. 3. Neurosecretion-congresses. W3 IN92Q 10th 1987n I WL 10416153 1987n] QP552.N39I585 1987 599 / .0188 - dc19 DNLM/DLC 88-12440 CIP for Library of Congress
Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Neurosecretion, held August 31-September 5, 1987, in Bristol, United Kingdom @ 1988 Plenum Press, New York Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1988 A Division of Plenum Publishing Corporation 233 Spring Street, New York, N.Y. 10013
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PREFACE
This volume collects together the Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Neurosecretion which was held in Bristol in September 1987. This series of symposia began with a meeting in Naples in 1953 and it was particularly gratifying to welcome two members of that original gathering, Berta Scharrer and Ellen Thomsen, to the 10th Symposium. The acceptance of the invitation to meet in Bristol gave particular pleasure to the Local Organising Committee because it was the first time that a former venue was revisited - the 3rd Symposium was organised in Bristol by Hans Heller in 1961 and we were very glad that his widow, Josephine, was able to be the Guest-of-Honour at the banquet of our 10th symposium. Neurosecretion has diversified considerably since the first meeting in 1953. From the outset, the local committee decided to focus the meeting by organising it under the title "Cellular aspects of the production and release of neuropeptides." Having sought advice from the International Committee for Symposia on Neurosecretion, we invited 28 scientists from throughout the world to present their work on aspects ranging from the organisation of the gene through to the electrical properties of peptide-secreting neurones. The progress of studies in neurosecretion owes much to
