Title | Human Growth Hormone [electronic resource] : Research and Clinical Practice / edited by Roy G. Smith, Michael O. Thorner |
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Imprint | Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2000 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-015-5 |
Descript | X, 348 p. online resource |
1 Overview of Human Growth Hormone: Research and Clinical Practice -- I Research -- 2 GHRP Historical Perspective: Basic and Clinical -- 3 The Design of Peptidomimetic Growth Hormone Secretagogues -- 4 Molecular Characterization of Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptors -- 5 Central Actions of Peptide and Nonpeptide Growth Hormone Secretagogues -- 6 Pharmacology of Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone and Its Peptide Analogs -- 7 Somatostatin Receptor Subtypes and Regulation of GH Secretion -- 8 Mathematical Modeling of the GH Release Axis -- 9 Activation of the Human Growth Hormone Receptor: Structure and Function of the Ligand-Receptor Complex -- 10 The Central Nervous System as a Direct Target for Growth Hormone Action -- II Clinical Practice -- 11 Molecular Defects of the Growth Hormone Axis -- 12 Growth Hormone: Relevance to Pediatrics -- 13 Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults: The Rationale for Growth Hormone Replacement -- 14 Growth Hormone and Osteoporosis -- 15 Growth Hormone and Syndrome X -- 16 Interactions Between Growth Hormone Secretion and Sleep -- 17 Growth Hormone in AIDS -- 18 Clinical and Physiological Studies with Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone -- 19 Clinical Use of Growth Hormone Secretagogues