Neuroendocrinology

The Normal Neuroendocrine System
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-444-53617-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 192 mm x 262 mm, Gewicht: 910 g

Neuroendocrinology is a discipline which originated about 50 years ago as a branch of Endocrinology and that is now strictly linked to neuroscience.

Volumes 181 and 182 of Progress in Brain Research provide a rapid view of the major points presently discussed at biological and clinical levels.

The chapters have been written by top scientists who are directly involved in basic or clinical research and who use the most sophisticated biotechnological techniques.

The volumes cover of the role of genetics in many endocrine-related events, like neuroendocrinological diseases and endocrine depenedent cancers (prostate, breast, etc,). Interesting information is also provided on possibile treatments of neurodegenerative brain diseases (e.g., Alzheimer and similar syndromes).

Zielgruppe

Neurologists, Neuroscientists, Neuropsychologists

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Martini, Luciano

Chrousos, George

Labrie, Fernand

Pacak, Karel

Pfaff, Donald W.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Endokrinologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Cellular signalling: peptide hormones and growth factors B.I. Posner and S.A. Laporte (Quebec, Canada)

2. Neuroendocrine control of energy homeostasis: update on new insights S.P. Kalra and P.S. Kalra (Florida, US)

3. Reproductive behaviors: new developments in concepts and in molecular mechanisms Z.M. Weil, G. Murakami and D.W. Pfaff (NY, USA)

4. Interactions between the immune and neuroendocrine systems S. Rivest (Quebec, Canada)

5. Physiological roles of the kisspeptin/GPR54 system in the neuroendocrine control of reproduction R. Pineda, E. Aguilar, L. Pinilla and M. Tena-Sempere (Córdoba, Spain)

6. Regulation of complex pulsatile and rhythmic neuroendocrine systems: the male gonadal axis as a prototype J.D. Veldhuis, D.M. Keenan and S.M. Pincus (Minnesota, Virginia and Connecticut, USA)

7. Physiological significance of the rhythmic secretion of hypothalamic and pituitary hormones E.-H. Gan and R. Quinton (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK)

8. Melatonin: a multitasking molecule R.J. Reiter, D.-X. Tan and L. Fuentes-Broto (Texas, USA)

9. Modulation of steroid hormone receptor activity V. Stanisi
10. The intracrine sex steroid biosynthesis pathways V. Luu-The and F. Labrie (Quebec, Canada)

11. Steroidogenic enzymes in the brain: morphological aspects G. Pelletier (Quebec, Canada).

12. The multiple roles of estrogens and the enzyme aromatase W.C. Boon, J.D.Y. Chow and E.R. Simpson (Victoria, Australia)

13. ERb in CNS: new roles in development and function X. Fan, H. Xu, M. Warner and J.-Å. Gustafsson (Chongqing, China, Huddinge, Sweden and Texas, USA)

14. Interactions of estradiol and insulin-like growth factor-I signalling in the nervous system: New advances L.M. Garcia-Segura, M.-A. Ar
15. A hormonal contraceptive for men: how close are we? I. Huhtaniemi (London, UK)

Über Autor(innen)

Pfaff, Donald W.
Donald W. Pfaff heads the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior at The Rockefeller University. He received his scientific training at Harvard College and MIT. He is a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Pfaff's laboratory focuses on steroid hormones and brain function, genes influencing neuronal functions, and generalized CNS arousal. He is the author or coauthor of over 10 books and more than 900 research publications.