Title | Sex-Steroid Interactions with Growth Hormone [electronic resource] / edited by Johannes D. Veldhuis, Andrea Giustina |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1999 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1546-2 |
Descript | XXI, 356 p. online resource |
I. Clinical Impact of Sex Steroids on Growth Hormone Secretion -- 1. Sex-SteroidโGrowth Hormone Axis Interactions in Normal Female Puberty -- 2. Sex-SteroidโGrowth Hormone Interactions During Normal Male Puberty -- 3. Impact of Testosterone Replacement on the Maturation of the Growth Hormone-IGF-I Axis -- 4. Sex-Steroid โHormone Modulation of the Somatotropic Axis During Normal Male Puberty -- 5. Influence of Testosterone on the GHโIGF-I Axis in Healthy Elderly Men -- 6. Effect of Estrogen on GH Secretion and Action in Postmenopausal Women -- 7. Menstrual Cycle Interaction with the Growth Hormone Axis -- 8. Growth Hormone Axis Response to Superovulation -- 9. Androgenic Modulation of the Growth HormoneโIGF Axis and Its Impact on Metabolic Outcomes -- 10. Proposed Mechanisms of Sex-SteroidโHormone Neuromodulation of the Human GH-IGF-1 Axis -- 11. The Growth Hormone Axis in Precocious Puberty -- II. Sex Steroids and GHRH-Somatostatin -- 12. Hypothalamic Control Mechanisms of Sexually Dimorphic Growth Hormone Secretory Patterns in the Rat. -- 13. Sex Differences in Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone (GHRH) and Somatostatin Neurons -- 14. Sex-Steroid Interaction with Somatostatin and GHRH in the Rat -- 15. Sex-Steroid Effects on Primate Somatotrophs -- 16. Sex-Steroid Effects on Perifused Pituitary -- 17. Somatotrope Heterogeneity and Its Involvement in Growth Hormone (GH) Regulation -- III. How Sex Steroids Modulate GH Action on Target Tissues -- 18. Sex-Steroid and GH Interactions in the Regulation of Lipid Metabolism -- 19. Estrogen Replacement Therapy and the Response to Human Growth Hormone -- 20. Influence of Gender on Response to Growth Hormone Substitution Therapy in Adults with Growth Hormone Deficiency -- 21. How Sex Steroids Modulate GH Action on Target Tissues: Long-Term Follow-up in GH-Deficient Adults -- 22. Growth Hormone Treatment in Turner Syndrome: Rationale for Therapy -- 23. Practical Issues of Clinical Growth Hormone Therapy in Turner Syndrome -- IV. GH Secretagogues: Differential Effects in Men and Women -- 24. Influence of Gonadal Function on GH Secretion -- 25. Endocrine Responses to GH Secretagogues in Relation to Sex and Age in Humans -- 26. Gender Impact on the GH Response to Exercise -- 27. Stimulated Release of GH in Normal Younger and Older Men and Women -- V. Novel Techniques in Investigating the Reproductive and GH Axis -- 28. Genetic and Transgenic Models to Investigate the Growth Hormone Axis and Sexual Dimorphism -- 29. Estrogen Receptor Expression in the Pituitary Gland -- 30. Metabolic Effects of GH/IGF-I, Testosterone, and Estrogen: Studies in Children and Adults -- 31. Innovative Quantitative Neuroendocrine Techniques -- 32. Sexual Dimorphism of Liver Cytochrome P-450 Gene Expression: GH Pulse-Activated STAT Signaling Mechanisms -- 33. Intracellular Signaling Networks -- Author Index