B. Scharrer - Böcker

Der hiermit vorgelegte Band enthalt die Mehrzahl der Vortrage, die im August 1969 auf dem V.lnternationalen Symposium fiber Neurosekretion im Anato- mischen Institut der Universitat Kiel unter reger internationaler Beteiligung gehalten wurden. Folgende Hauptthemen wurden behandelt: 1. Neurosecretion in invertebrates, 2. Adrenergic neurons, 3. Mechanisms of release of neurohypophyseal materials, 4. Hypothalamic control of anterior pituitary. Weitere Kurzvortrage waren verschiedenen Problemen der Neurosekretion gewidmet. Das Internationale Komitee fUr die Vorbereitung des Symposiums, dem auBer den Unterzeichneten die Herren Professoren H. S. HELLER (Bristol), G. STERBA (Leipzig) und FR. STUTINSKY (Strasbourg) angehorten,dankt dem Springer-Verlag fur die Sorgfalt, die er dieser Publikation wiederum angedeihen lieB, dem Kultus- ministerium des Landes Schleswig-Holstein fur materielle Forderung des Sympo- siums und Fraulein Dr. B. VON GAUD ECKER (Kiel) fur redaktionelle Unterstutzung. W. BARGMANN (Kiel) B. SCHARRER (New York) Contents BARGMANN, W.: Opening Remarks ...IX Neurosecretion in Invertebrates SCHARRER, B., and WEITZMAN, M.: Current Problems in Invertebrate Neurosecretion.ZIMMERMANN, P.: Neue Moglichkeiten zur f1uorescenzmikroskopischen Darstellung neu- sekretorischer Zellen ...24 . NORMANN, T. CH.: The Mechanism of Hormone Release from Neurosecretory Axon Endings in the Calliphora erythrocephala ...30 ...BONGA, S. E. W.: Investigations on Neurosecretion in the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of the Pulmonate Snail Lymmtea stagnalis (L.) ...43 . NISHIOKA, R. S., BERN, H. A., and GOLDING, D. W.: Innervation of the Cephalopod Optic Gland ...47 Adrenergic Neurons DAHLSTROM, A.: Adrenergic Neurons (With Special Reference to Fluorescence Microsco- cal Studies in Mammals) ...55 ...

This volume on the evolutionary aspects of neuro-endocrinology is based on contributions from the 7th International Symposium on Neurosecretion, which took place in Leningrad, on August 15-21, 1976. The book deals with three major approaches in elucidating the general evolutionary events responsible for the structure and function of neurosecretory elements: (1) phylogenetic development of neurosecretory elements and their function, (2) ontogenetic development of neurosecretory elements and their function, and (3) the role of neuroendocrine mechanisms in realizing species adaptation, i.e., mechanisms causing the evolutionary process. Half of the chapters deal with evolutionary aspects. The majority of them are concerned with the role of different types of neurosecretory cells in the regulation of homeostasis and of the function of endocrine glands, primarily that of the adenohypophysis. The other half are concerned with various aspects of neurosecretion,featuring two main problems: (1) investigation of neural and hormonal mechanisms regulating the function of neurosecretory cells and neurosecretory centers as a whole, and (2) investigation of the role of neurosecretory systems in the regulation of adaptive reactions of the organism.