Title: Regulation of ovarian and testicular function
Description: Rapid advances have taken place in various aspects of reproductive biology during the last decade. These advances have centered around several organ systems that comprise the reproductive system and encompass molecular events and structure-function relationships. It becomes important to review these advances in knowledge, at periodic intervals, with respect to feedback systems and regulatory loops that control reproductive processes in vivo. Towards this end, a workshop entitled "Functional Correlates of Hormone Receptors in Reproduction" sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Reproductive Biology Study Section of the Division of Research Grants National Institutes of Health was held in October 1980. The proceedings of the workshop was followed by two workshops were published by Elsevier Biomedical/New York.

This workshop was followed by two workshops sponsored by the Reproductive Biology Study Section of the Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health entitled "role of Peptides and Proteins in Control of Reproduction" in February 1982 and published by Elsevier Biomedical and "Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Reproduction" in October 1985 and published by Plenum Press. It was, therefore, timely to review the current state of knowledge regarding the regulation of ovarian and testicular function by bringing together scientists working in separate and discrete aspects of reproduction to review the functional implications of their research on the regulation of function within the same tissue and also in relationship to feedback systems and regulatory loops with other tissues. This book is the proceedings of the workshop on the "Regulation of Ovarian and Testicular Function" held in Augusta, Georgia, February 7-9, 1987.

The workshop was arranged by an organizing committee composed of Drs. Everett Anderson, Dharam S. Dhindsa, Satya P. Kalra and Virendra B. Mahesh and supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and Reproductive Biology Study Section of the Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development and Reproductive Biology Study Section of the Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health. The program consisted of invited papers from leaders in the field in four major areas and a number of short papers presented as posters. The major areas covered was 1) neuroendocrine regulation of gonadotropin secretion, 2) regulation of folliculogenesis and ovulation, 3) regulation of corpus luteum function in pregnancy, and 4) regulation of testicular cell function and spermatogenesis. The four major areas covered are presented as four separate sections in this book, followed by a fifth section containing the short papers.

The Organizing Committee gratefully acknowledges the encouragement and support provided by Dr. William A. Sadler, National Institute of Child Health and Human Developmental and the Reproductive Biology Study Section, during the conceptualization of the workshop. The success of the workshop was critically dependent upon the contributions of leading scientists invited for major presentation and review of their fields. Their participation was made possible by partial financial support provided by Dr. William A. Sadler, Chief, Reproductive Sciences Branch and Dr. Florence P. Hazeltine, Director, Center for Population Research, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, and the Division of Research Grants. The Organizing Committee also thanks the members of the Reproductive Biology, Reproductive Endocrinology, and Human Embryology and Development Study Sections for attending the workshop and contributing to the scientific discussion of various papers.

The Organizing Committee gratefully acknowledges the contributions of Mrs. Jean Bennett and Ms. Andrea Magoulas in helping to organize the workshop and their valuable assistance in editing the proceedings.
Subjects: Testis, Ovulation, Ovary, Human reproduction, Regulation, Congresses, Reproduction, Secretion, Spermatogenesis, Corpus luteum, Gonadotropin, Physiology, Endocrine aspects