**Meet the editor**

Dr Sumiyoshi obtained his MD and PhD at Kanazawa University, Japan, and is currently Clinical Professor and Director of Translational Research at the Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He was trained at the Department of Psychiatry Case Western Reserve University as Research Associate from

1993 to 1995, and was appointed Visiting Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University from 2000 to 2002, as the founder of the augmentation pharmacotherapy to ameliorate cognitive impairment of schizophrenia. His research fields include cognitive neuroscience and psychopharmacology, as represented by more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Dr. Sumiyoshi is an Editorial Board member of Psychiatry Journal, and Co-Chair of Psychoneurobiology Section of World Psychiatric Association.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Chapter 1 **Neuroendocrine Regulation** 

Chapter 2 **Intraamygdalar Melatonin** 

Benjamin C. Nephew

**Section 3 Miscellaneous Issues 109** 

Chapter 6 **The Effects of Some Neuropeptides** 

Jacek Kolcz

**Section 1 The Neuroendocrine System in Cognition, Emotion, and Stress Response 1** 

Alper Karakas and Hamit Coskun

Chapter 4 **Role for Pituitary Neuropeptides in Social** 

**of Stress Response in Clinical Models 3** 

**Administration and Pinealectomy Affect Anxiety Like Behavior and Spatial Memory 15** 

**Section 2 Neuropeptides in Social Behaviors and Diseases 47** 

Chapter 3 **Behavioral Roles of Oxytocin and Vasopressin 49** 

Chapter 5 **Is Intranasal Administration of Oxytocin Effective** 

Haruhiro Higashida and Yoshio Minabe

**Behavior Disturbances of Schizophrenia 83** 

Toshio Munesue, Kazumi Ashimura, Hideo Nakatani, Mitsuru Kikuchi, Shigeru Yokoyama, Manabu Oi,

**on Motor Activity of Smooth Muscle Organs in Abdominal and Pelvic Cavities 111** 

Anna Tolekova, Petya Hadzhibozheva, Tsvetelin Georgiev, Stanislava Mihailova, Galina Ilieva, Maya Gulubova, Eleonora Leventieva-Necheva, Kiril Milenov and Reni Kalfin

Tomiki Sumiyoshi, Tadasu Matsuoka and Masayoshi Kurachi

**for Social Impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorder? 95** 
