I. J. Kopin

Publication List Details

Period

1976 - 1997

Number

43

Co-Authors

Catecholamines and stress / edited by Earl Usdin, Richard Kvetnansky and Irwin J. Kopin (1976)

Usdin, Earl, Kvetnansky, Richard, Kopin, I. J

"Proceedings of the International Symposium on Catecholamines and Stress, held in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, July 27-30, 1975"

Induction of tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression by a nonneuronal nonpituitary-mediated mechanism in immobilization stress.

Nankova, B, Kvetnanský, R, McMahon, A, Viskupic, E, Hiremagalur, B, Frankle, G, ...

Stress stimulates the sympathoadrenal system, causing activation of the catecholamine biosynthetic enzymes. Here we examine the changes of gene expression of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH; EC 1.14.16.2),...

Local cerebral metabolic effects of L-dopa therapy in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-induced parkinsonism in monkeys.

Porrino, L J, Burns, R S, Crane, A M, Palombo, E, Kopin, I J, Sokoloff, L

The quantitative 2-deoxy[14C]glucose autoradiographic method was used to map the distribution of alterations in local cerebral glucose utilization that accompanies clinically effective chronic L-dopa...

Central GABAergic innervation of neurointermediate pituitary lobe: biochemical and immunocytochemical study in the rat.

Oertel, W H, Mugnaini, E, Tappaz, M L, Weise, V K, Dahl, A L, Schmechel, D E, ...

Activity of glutamic acid decarboxylase GluDCase, the biosynthetic enzyme of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) was measured in low-speed homogenate supernatant of the neural and intermediate...

Plasma l-[3H]norepinephrine, d-[14C]norepinephrine, and d,l-[3H]isoproterenol kinetics in essential hypertension.

Goldstein, D S, Horwitz, D, Keiser, H R, Polinsky, R J, Kopin, I J

We infused tracer-labeled l-[3H]-norepinephrine, d-[14C]norepinephrine, and d,l-[3H]-isoproterenol simultaneously into patients with essential hypertension and into normotensive control subjects, in...

A primate model of parkinsonism: selective destruction of dopaminergic neurons in the pars compacta of the substantia nigra by N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine.

Burns, R S, Chiueh, C C, Markey, S P, Ebert, M H, Jacobowitz, D M, Kopin, I J

A syndrome similar to idiopathic parkinsonism developed after intravenous self-administration of an illicit drug preparation in which N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (NMPTP) might have...

Measurement of regional neuronal removal of norepinephrine in man.

Goldstein, D S, Zimlichman, R, Stull, R, Folio, J, Levinson, P D, Keiser, H R, ...

We describe here and validate an in vivo technique to measure the regional proportionate removal of norepinephrine (NE) by neuronal uptake (Uptake1) in man. The measurement is based on the...

Decreased stress responsivity of central and peripheral catecholaminergic systems in aged 344/N Fischer rats.

Cizza, G, Pacak, K, Kvetnansky, R, Palkovits, M, Goldstein, D S, Brady, L S, ...

We investigated the effects of stress on central and peripheral sympatho-adrenal and sympatho-neural functions in healthy, intact young (3-4 mo) and aged (24 mo) male Fischer 344/N rats....

Plasma dihydroxyphenylglycol and the intraneuronal disposition of norepinephrine in humans.

Goldstein, D S, Eisenhofer, G, Stull, R, Folio, C J, Keiser, H R, Kopin, I J

We examined plasma levels of the sympathetic neurotransmitter norepinephrine (NE) and its deaminated metabolite dihydroxyphenylglycol (DHPG) during supine rest in healthy human subjects and in...

Specific genetic deficiencies of the A and B isoenzymes of monoamine oxidase are characterized by distinct neurochemical and clinical phenotypes.

Lenders, J W, Eisenhofer, G, Abeling, N G, Berger, W, Murphy, D L, Konings, C H, ...

Monoamine oxidase (MAO) exists as two isoenzymes and plays a central role in the metabolism of monoamine neurotransmitters. In this study we compared the neurochemical phenotypes of previously...

MPTP: an industrial chemical and contaminant of illicit narcotics stimulates a new era in research on Parkinson's disease.

Kopin, I J

MPTP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine) causes selective destruction of dopaminergic neurons of the nigrostriatal pathway in humans and other primates. It is less specific and much less...

Induction of tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression by a nonneuronal nonpituitary-mediated mechanism in immobilization stress.

Nankova, B, Kvetnanský, R, McMahon, A, Viskupic, E, Hiremagalur, B, Frankle, G, ...

Stress stimulates the sympathoadrenal system, causing activation of the catecholamine biosynthetic enzymes. Here we examine the changes of gene expression of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH; EC 1.14.16.2),...

Local cerebral metabolic effects of L-dopa therapy in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-induced parkinsonism in monkeys.

Porrino, L J, Burns, R S, Crane, A M, Palombo, E, Kopin, I J, Sokoloff, L

The quantitative 2-deoxy[14C]glucose autoradiographic method was used to map the distribution of alterations in local cerebral glucose utilization that accompanies clinically effective chronic L-dopa...

Central GABAergic innervation of neurointermediate pituitary lobe: biochemical and immunocytochemical study in the rat.

Oertel, W H, Mugnaini, E, Tappaz, M L, Weise, V K, Dahl, A L, Schmechel, D E, ...

Activity of glutamic acid decarboxylase GluDCase, the biosynthetic enzyme of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) was measured in low-speed homogenate supernatant of the neural and intermediate...

Plasma l-[3H]norepinephrine, d-[14C]norepinephrine, and d,l-[3H]isoproterenol kinetics in essential hypertension.

Goldstein, D S, Horwitz, D, Keiser, H R, Polinsky, R J, Kopin, I J

We infused tracer-labeled l-[3H]-norepinephrine, d-[14C]norepinephrine, and d,l-[3H]-isoproterenol simultaneously into patients with essential hypertension and into normotensive control subjects, in...

A primate model of parkinsonism: selective destruction of dopaminergic neurons in the pars compacta of the substantia nigra by N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine.

Burns, R S, Chiueh, C C, Markey, S P, Ebert, M H, Jacobowitz, D M, Kopin, I J

A syndrome similar to idiopathic parkinsonism developed after intravenous self-administration of an illicit drug preparation in which N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (NMPTP) might have...

Measurement of regional neuronal removal of norepinephrine in man.

Goldstein, D S, Zimlichman, R, Stull, R, Folio, J, Levinson, P D, Keiser, H R, ...

We describe here and validate an in vivo technique to measure the regional proportionate removal of norepinephrine (NE) by neuronal uptake (Uptake1) in man. The measurement is based on the...

Decreased stress responsivity of central and peripheral catecholaminergic systems in aged 344/N Fischer rats.

Cizza, G, Pacak, K, Kvetnansky, R, Palkovits, M, Goldstein, D S, Brady, L S, ...

We investigated the effects of stress on central and peripheral sympatho-adrenal and sympatho-neural functions in healthy, intact young (3-4 mo) and aged (24 mo) male Fischer 344/N rats....

Plasma dihydroxyphenylglycol and the intraneuronal disposition of norepinephrine in humans.

Goldstein, D S, Eisenhofer, G, Stull, R, Folio, C J, Keiser, H R, Kopin, I J

We examined plasma levels of the sympathetic neurotransmitter norepinephrine (NE) and its deaminated metabolite dihydroxyphenylglycol (DHPG) during supine rest in healthy human subjects and in...

Specific genetic deficiencies of the A and B isoenzymes of monoamine oxidase are characterized by distinct neurochemical and clinical phenotypes.

Lenders, J W, Eisenhofer, G, Abeling, N G, Berger, W, Murphy, D L, Konings, C H, ...

Monoamine oxidase (MAO) exists as two isoenzymes and plays a central role in the metabolism of monoamine neurotransmitters. In this study we compared the neurochemical phenotypes of previously...

MPTP: an industrial chemical and contaminant of illicit narcotics stimulates a new era in research on Parkinson's disease.

Kopin, I J

MPTP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine) causes selective destruction of dopaminergic neurons of the nigrostriatal pathway in humans and other primates. It is less specific and much less...

On the mechanism of tachyphylaxis to tyramine in the isolated rat heart

Axelrod, J., Gordon, Edna, Hertting, G., Kopin, I. J., Potter, L. T.

Tyramine was shown to release [3H]-catecholamines from an isolated rat heart previously perfused with [3H]-noradrenaline. With successive injections of tyramine the amount of [3H]-catecholamine...

Structural properties of phenylethylamine derivatives which inhibit transport-P in peptidergic neurones

Al-Damluji, S, Kopin, I J

Transport-P is an antidepressant-sensitive, proton-dependent, V-ATPase-linked uptake process for amines in peptidergic neurones of the hypothalamus. It is unusual in its anatomical location in...

Effects of amphetamine derivatives on brain dopamine and noradrenaline

Breese, G. R., Kopin, I. J., Weise, Virginia K.

1. Intracisternally administered metaraminol, α-methyl-octopamine, α-methyl-m-tyramine, and α-methyl tyramine were found to lower brain noradrenaline without having an effect on brain dopamine.

Effects of vinblastine on catecholamine-biosynthetic enzymes in heart, sympathetic ganglion and adrenal glands of rats

Hanbauer, I., Kopin, I. J., Maengwyn-Davies, Gertrude D., Thoa, N. B., Weise, Virginia K.

1. The effect of vinblastine on the activities of dopamine-β-hydroxylase (DBH) in heart, superior cervical ganglion and adrenal glands of rats and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and...

Effects of vinblastine on noradrenergic axons

Hanbauer, I., Jacobowitz, D.M., Kopin, I.J.

1 The effects of vinblastine and 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) on various parameters of adrenergic neurone functions in the rat were examined and compared.

Functional properties of the uptake of amines in immortalised peptidergic neurones (transport-P).

Al-Damluji, S., Kopin, I. J.

1. Most neurotransmitters are inactivated by uptake into presynaptic nerve terminals and into glial cells. We recently provided evidence for uptake of amines in postsynaptic neurones. Uptake was...

Binding and competitive inhibition of amine uptake at postsynaptic neurones (transport-P) by tricyclic antidepressants.

Al-Damluji, S., Kopin, I. J.

1. We have provided evidence for a novel amine uptake process for which prazosin is a substrate in postsynaptic neurones, characterized by a paradoxical increase in accumulation of the radioligand...

Role of auto-inhibitory feed-back in cardiac sympathetic transmission assessed by simultaneous measurements of changes in 3H-efflux and atrial rate in guinea-pig atrium.

Angus, J. A., Bobik, A., Jackman, G. P., Kopin, I. J., Korner, P. I.

Guinea-pig right atria were labelled with [3H]-noradrenaline or [3H]-dopamine before superfusion in a flow-cell. Choice of label did not significantly alter either the relationship between 3H-efflux...

Glycine stimulates striatal dopamine release in conscious rats.

Yadid, G., Pacak, K., Golomb, E., Harvey-White, J. D., Lieberman, D. M., Kopin, I. J., ...

1. Glycine is an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the spinal cord and brainstem. The mechanism of this inhibition is via binding of glycine to specific receptors, increasing transmembrane Cl-...

Brain MRI, lumbar CSF monoamine concentrations, and clinical descriptors of patients with spinocerebellar ataxia mutations.

Higgins, J J, Harvey-White, J D, Nee, L E, Colli, M J, Grossi, T A, Kopin, I J

OBJECTIVES: To serially assess changes in lumbar CSF biogenic amines, radiographic characteristics, and neurological signs in 34 patients with dominantly inherited ataxia. METHODS: Mutational...

Gastrin responses in patients with adrenergic insufficiency.

Polinsky, R J, Taylor, I L, Weise, V, Kopin, I J

High basal gastrin levels in pure autonomic failure could result from peripheral vagus nerve involvement, whereas the increased response during hypoglycaemia may reflect adrenergic supersensitivity....

Low lumbar CSF levels of homovanillic acid and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid in multiple system atrophy with autonomic failure.

Polinsky, R J, Brown, R T, Burns, R S, Harvey-White, J, Kopin, I J

Low lumbar CSF concentrations of homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) in patients with multiple system atrophy attended by autonomic failure (MSA) reflect decreased...