Neuroendocrinology
Subtitle: the normal neuroendocrine system
By: edited by Luciano Martini ... [et al]
Series: Progress in brain research -- v. 181
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780444536174
Subjects: Neuroendocrinology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: ch. 1.; title: Cellular signalling : peptide hormones and growth factors  -- Barry I. Posner and Stephane A. Laporte -- ch. 2.; title: Neuroendocrine control of energy homeostasis : update on new insights  -- Satya P. Kalra and Pushpa S. Kalra -- ch. 3.; title: Reproductive behaviors : new developments in concepts and in molecular mechanisms  -- Zachary M. Weil, Gen Murakami and Donald W. Pfaff -- ch. 4.; title: Interactions betwen the immune and neuroendocrine systems  -- Serge Rivest -- ch. 5.; title: Physiological roles of the kisspeptin/GPR54 system in the neuroendocrine control of reproduction  -- Rafael Pineda, ... [et al.] -- ch. 6.; title: Regulation of complex pulsatile and rhythmic neuroendocrine systems : the male gonadal axis as a prototype  -- Johannes D. Veldhuis, Daniel M. Keenan and Steven M. Pincus -- ch. 7.; title: Physiological significance of the rhythmic section of hypothalamic and pituitary hormones  -- Earn-Hui Gan and Richard Quinton -- ch. 8.; title: Melatonin : a multitasking molecule  -- Russel J. Reiter, Dun-Xian Tan and Lorena Fuentes-Broto -- ch. 9.; title: Modulation of steroid hormone receptor activity  -- Vladimir Stanišić, David M. Lonard and Bert W. O'Malley -- ch. 10.; title: The intracrine sex steroid biosynthesis pathways  -- Van Luu-The and Fernand Labrie -- ch. 11.; title: Steroidogenic enzymes in the brain : morphological aspects  -- Georges Pelletier -- ch. 12.; title: The multiple roles of estrogens and the enzyme aromatase  -- Wah Chin Boon, Jenny D. Y. Chow and Evan R. Simpson -- ch. 13.; title: ER[beta] in CNS : new roles in development and function  -- Xiaotang Fan, ... [et al.] -- ch. 14.; title: Interactions of estradiol and insulin-like growth factor-I signalling in the nervous system : new advances  -- Luis M. Garcia-Segura, María-Angeles Arévalo and Iñigo Azcoitia -- ch. 15.; title: A hormonal contraceptive for men : how close are we? -- Ilpo Huhtaniemi.