TitleHypothalamus and Endocrine Functions [electronic resource] / edited by Fernand Labrie, Joseph Meites, Georges Pelletier
ImprintBoston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1976
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2598-7
Descript XI, 508 p. online resource

CONTENT

Control of Hypothalamic Hormone Secretion -- Relation of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Gonadal System to Decline of Reproductive Functions in Aging Female Rats -- Role of Prostaglandins (PGs) in the Control of Adenohypophyseal Hormone Secretion -- Adrenergic and Cholinergic Inputs to the Amygdala: Role in Gonadotropin Secretion -- Neurotransmitters and Control of Pituitary Function -- Clinical Applications of LH-RH and TRH -- Studies on the Diagnostic Use of LH-RH -- Diagnostic and Therapeutic Use of LH-RH in the Infertile Man -- Therapeutic Use of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone in the Human Female -- Somatostatin -- Clinical Implications of Growth Hormone Release Inhibiting Hormone (GH-RIH) -- Somatostatin and the Endocrine Pancreas -- Mechanism of Action of Hypothalamic Hormones and Steroid Feedback -- New Aspects of the Mechanism of Action of Hypothalamic Regulatory Hormones -- Steroid Binding in the Hypothalamus and Pituitary -- Role of Sex Steroids on LH and FSH secretion in the Rat -- The Role of Estradiol in Modulating LH and FSH Response to Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone -- Control of PRL and GH Secretion and Action -- Control of Prolactin Secretion in Man -- Neuropharmacological Aspects of the Neural Control of Prolactin Secretion -- Episodic GH Secretion: Evidence for a Hypothalamic Dopaminergic Mechanism -- Hormonal Control of Liver Prolactin Receptors -- Chemistry and Assay of Hypothalamic Hormones -- Suppression of Gonadotropin Release and Ovulation in Animals by Inhibitory Analogs of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone -- Isolation and Characterization of Hypothalamic Peptide Hormones -- Analogs of Somatostatin. Part A. Chemistry and In Vitro Results -- B. In Vivo Activities: Prolongation of Action with Protamine Zinc -- In Vivo Methods for Studying the Action of Hypothalamic Hormones with Special Reference to their Antisera as Tools for Investigation -- Applications of Adenohypophyseal Cell Cultures to Neuroendocrine Studies -- Localization of Hypothalamic Hormones -- Immunohistochemical Localization of Hypothalamic Hormones at the Electron Microscope Level -- Immunohistochemical Localization of Hypothalamic Hormones (especially LRF) at the Light Microscopy Level -- Abstracts -- Contributors


SUBJECT

  1. Medicine
  2. Diabetes
  3. Medicine & Public Health
  4. Diabetes