Annals ofPain & Inflammation

Volume: 2 - Number: 15 - September 15, 2005

Outstanding

Endogenous morphine: a role in wellness medicine

Role for the Endogenous Opioid ß-Endorphin in Energy Homeostasis

Eating Elicited by Orexin-A, But Not Melanin-Concentrating Hormone, Is Opioid Mediated

Neuroprotective role of -opioid receptors in cortical neurons

Articles

µ-1 Opioid Receptor Stimulation Decreases Body Temperature in Conscious, Unrestrained Neonatal Rats

Opioids Suppress Basal and Nicotine-Induced Catecholamine Secretion Via a Stabilizing Effect on Actin Filaments

The Effects of Endogenous Opioids and Cortisol on Thyrotropin and Prolactin Secretion in Patients with Addison’s Disease

Circuitry Underlying Antiopioid Actions of Cholecystokinin Within the Rostral Ventromedial Medulla

Differential Effects of µ-, -, and -Opioid Receptor Agonists on Mechanosensitive Gastric Vagal Afferent Fibers in the Rat

Suppression of Thyrotropin by Morphine in a Severely Stressed Patient

Role for the Endogenous Opioid ß-Endorphin in Energy Homeostasis

Eating Elicited by Orexin-A, But Not Melanin-Concentrating Hormone, Is Opioid Mediated

Editorial

Endogenous morphine: a role in wellness medicine

Endocrinologic themes

Receptors and Transmission in the Brain-Gut Axis: Potential for Novel Therapies: III. µ-Opioid receptors in the enteric nervous system

Feature articles

Endogenous morphine and ACTH association in neural tissues

Music therapy and immunology

Music alters constitutively expressed opiate and cytokine processes in listeners

Neuroendocrinology

µ-Opioid receptor agonist effects on medullary respiratory neurons in the cat: evidence for involvement in certain types of ventilatory disturbances

An orexigenic role for µ-opioid receptors in the lateral parabrachial nucleus

Neuroprotective role of -opioid receptors in cortical neurons

Neuropharmacology

Suppressed Prolactin Response to Dynorphin A1–13 in Methadone-Maintained Versus Control Subjects

Chronic l--'Acetylmethadol (LAAM) in Rhesus Monkeys: Tolerance and Cross-Tolerance to the Antinociceptive, Ventilatory, and Rate-Decreasing Effects of Opioids

Opioids and sexuality

Pharmacological Effects of Supportive Care Medications on Sexual Function

Papers

Endocrine Consequences of Long-Term Intrathecal Administration of Opioids

Perspectives in cancer research

Cancer Anorexia-Cachexia Syndrome Are Neuropeptides the Key?

Pharmacology

Opioid Modulation of the Fetal Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis: The Role of Receptor Subtypes and Route of Administration

Methylnaltrexone Antagonizes Opioid-Mediated Enhancement of HIV Infection of Human Blood Mononuclear Phagocytes

Antagonism of N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptors Reduces the Vulnerability of the Immune System to Stress after Chronic Morphine

Blockade of Rat 34 Nicotinic Receptor Function by Methadone, Its Metabolites, and Structural Analogs

Review

Cardiac opioids

Role of Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ in the Physiologic and Pathologic Control of the Cerebral Circulation

Endocrine Withdrawal Syndromes