Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Type
First Independent Research Support & Transition (FIRST) Awards (R29)
Project #
7R29DA004598-02
Application #
3461071
Study Section
(SRCD)
Project Start
1989-11-01
Project End
1994-01-31
Budget Start
1990-01-01
Budget End
1990-01-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1989
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Missouri Kansas City
Department
Type
Overall Medical
DUNS #
800772162
City
Kansas City
State
MO
Country
United States
Zip Code
64110

  Publications

Evans, V R; Manning, A B; Bernard, L H et al. (1994) Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone and N-acetyl-beta-endorphin immunoreactivities are localized in the human pituitary but are not restricted to the zona intermedia. Endocrinology 134:97-106
Gehlert, D R; Gackenheimer, S L; Millington, W R et al. (1994) Localization of neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity and [125I]peptide YY binding sites in the human pituitary. Peptides 15:651-6
Unal, C B; Owen, M D; Millington, W R (1994) Beta-endorphin-induced cardiorespiratory depression is inhibited by glycyl-L-glutamine, a dipeptide derived from beta-endorphin processing. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 271:952-8
Chronwall, B M; Dickerson, D S; Huerter, B S et al. (1994) Regulation of heterogeneity in D2 dopamine receptor gene expression among individual melanotropes in the rat pituitary intermediate lobe. Mol Cell Neurosci 5:35-45
Manning, A B; Chronwall, B M; Millington, W R (1993) POMC-derived peptide immunoreactivity in neural lobe axons of the human pituitary. Peptides 14:857-60
Millington, W R; Evans, V R; Forman, L J et al. (1993) Characterization of beta-endorphin- and alpha-MSH-related peptides in rat heart. Peptides 14:1141-7
Lavigne, G J; Millington, W R; Mueller, G P (1992) The CCK-A and CCK-B receptor antagonists, devazepide and L-365,260, enhance morphine antinociception only in non-acclimated rats exposed to a novel environment. Neuropeptides 21:119-29
Millington, W R; Dybdal, N O; Mueller, G P et al. (1992) N-acetylation and C-terminal proteolysis of beta-endorphin in the anterior lobe of the horse pituitary. Gen Comp Endocrinol 85:297-307
Millington, W R; Mueller, G P; Lavigne, G J (1992) Cholecystokinin type A and type B receptor antagonists produce opposing effects on cholecystokinin-stimulated beta-endorphin secretion from the rat pituitary. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 261:454-61
Millington, W R; Smith, D L (1991) The posttranslational processing of beta-endorphin in human hypothalamus. J Neurochem 57:775-81

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