Title | Aging, Reproduction, and the Climacteric [electronic resource] / edited by Luigi Mastroianni, C. Alvin Paulsen |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1986 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5047-7 |
Descript | 332p. online resource |
I. Methodological Considerations in Research on the Aging Reproductive System -- 1 Animal Models for the Human Menopause -- 2 Methodological Issues in Clinical Research on the Aging Reproductive System -- II. Age-Related Changes in Regulatory Systems -- 3 Neuroendocrine Correlates of Aging in the Male -- 4 Reproductive Functions in Grandfathers -- 5 Aging of Adrenal Cortex and Ovary -- 6 Changes in the Central Nervous System and Neuroendocrine Control of Reproduction in Males and Females -- 7 Effects of Aging on the Mechanisms of Estrogen Action in Rat Uterus -- III. Aging and the Reproductive years -- 8 Paternal Age and Effects on Chromosomal and Specific Locus Mutations and on Other Genetic Outcomes in Offspring -- 9 Fertility Rates and Aging -- 10 Age-Related Changes in Gestation and Pregnancy Outcome -- IV. The Climacteric -- 11 Ovarian Changes during the Climacteric -- 12 Nongonadal Estrogen and Endocrine Function during the Menopause -- 13 The Basis of Menopausal Vasomotor Symptoms -- 14 Female Sexuality during and following Menopause -- V. Management of the Menopause -- 15 Health Status and Health Care Utilization by Menopausal Women -- 16 Estrogen Deprivation: The Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Informed Management of Female Menopause or Castration -- 17 Estrogen Therapy and the Risk of Breast, Ovarian, and Endometrial Cancer -- VI. Conclusion -- 18 Overall Summary and New Directions for Research