Title | The Brain as an Endocrine Organ [electronic resource] / edited by Margo Panush Cohen, Piero P. Foร |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1989 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3480-7 |
Descript | XII, 269p. 60 illus. online resource |
1. Gonadotropin Releasing Hormones: Physiopathology and Clinical Applications -- Chemical and Biologic Properties of GnRH -- Physiology of GnRH -- Abnormal GnRH Secretion -- Clinical Applications of GnRH and of Its Analogs -- Conclusions -- 2. Corticotropin-Releasing Factors -- Historical Perspectives -- Corticotropin-Releasing Factors -- Tissue Distribution of CRH -- CRH in Blood and CSF -- CRH Receptors -- Administration of Exogenous CRH -- Conclusions -- 3. The Neurobiology of Anorexia Nervosa: An Auto-Addiction? -- Overview of Anorexia Nervosa -- The Auto-Addiction Opioid Hypothesis -- Summary -- 4. The Pineal and Its Indole Products: Basic Aspects and Clinical Applications -- Anatomic Connections of the Visual System with the Pineal Gland -- Transynaptic Regulation of Pineal Indoleamine Metabolism -- Pineal Serotonin Metabolism -- Factors Influencing Pineal and Plasma Melatonin Levels -- Melatonin in Other Body Fluids -- Final Comment -- 5. Neuropeptides and Glucose Metabolism -- History -- Neuropeptides and Changes in Blood Glucose Levels -- Clinical Implications of Hyperglycemic Neuropeptides -- Summary and Conclusions -- 6. Feedback Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion -- Regulation of GH Secretion -- Receptors for Insulin, IGF-I, and IGF-II in the Pituitary -- Feedback Regulation of GH by IGF-I -- Pituitary IGF-I -- Conclusion -- 7. Brain Adenosine and Purinergic Modulation of Central Nervous System Excitability -- Release of Adenosine and ATP -- Inactivation of Released Purines -- Binding of Ligands to Purinergic Receptors -- Localization of Adenosine Receptors -- Adenosine Actions at the Cellular Level -- Behavioral Actions of Adenosine -- Neuroendocrine Effects of Adenosine -- Conclusions