Title | Growth Hormone II [electronic resource] : Basic and Clinical Aspects / edited by Barry B. Bercu, Richard F. Walker |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1994 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8372-7 |
Descript | XX, 379 p. online resource |
I. Somatostatin/GRF Regulation -- 1. Pharmacology of GRF and Somatostatin: Positive and Negative Control of GH Release -- 2. Ionic Mechanisms Governing the Control of Growth Hormone Secretion by Somatostatin -- 3. Biochemical and Functional Properties of Somatostatin Receptors -- 4. Regulation of Growth Hormone Output: The GRF Signal -- 5. Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion in Man -- 6. Mechanisms for Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion -- II. The Immune System and Growth Hormone Interaction -- 7. Role of Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor I in Immunoregulation -- 8. Production and Function of Growth Hormone in the Immune System -- 9. Immunomodulating Role of Growth Hormone -- III. Novel Aspects of Growth Hormone Research -- 10. Further Observations on the Effects of Human Growth Hormone in Elderly Hyposomatomedinemic Men -- 11. Effects of Growth Hormone in Older People -- 12. Alteration of Growth Hormone Secretion in Aging: Peripheral Effects -- 13. Effects of Growth Hormone Releasing Peptides on Stimulated Growth Hormone Secretion in Old Rats -- 14. Changes in Growth Hormone Secretory Dynamics in Chronic Renal Failure and in Adaptation to Moderately High Altitude Living -- IV. Novel Aspects of Growth Hormone Research -- 15. Atypical Growth Hormone Releasing Peptides -- 16. Growth Hormone Releasing Hexapeptide: Basic Research and Clinical Application -- 17. Molecular Endocrinology of Human Growth Hormone -- 18. Growth Hormone Binding Protein: A Modulator of Growth Hormone Activity -- V. Clinical Application of Growth Hormone Treatment -- 19. Growth Hormone Treatment, Acromegaly, and Relationship to Cancer and Leukemia -- 20. Clinical Applications of Growth Hormone Treatment in Childhood -- 21. Medical and Scientific Aspects of Growth Hormone Receptor Deficiency (Laron Syndrome) in Ecuador -- 22. Spontaneous Growth Hormone Secretion in Children With Normal and Abnormal Growth -- VI. Poster Presentation Manuscripts -- 23. Expression of the Short Isoform of the Growth Hormone Receptor in Adipocytes -- 24. Effects of Porcine Somatotropin on Thymic Weight, Thymosin ?1, and Thymosin ?4 in Gilts and Barrows -- 25. Effects of an Acetylcholine Precursor on GH Secretion in Elderly Subjects -- 26. Even Short-Term hGH Treatment Induces Endocrine Changes in the Elderly -- 27. Dichotomic Role of Glucocorticoids in the Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion In Vivo -- Author Index