Clinical Neuroendocrinology

Content: 
Contributors, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Pages xiii-xv
Preface, Page xvii, Luciano Martini, G.M. Besser
Chapter 1 - Physiology and Nature of Hypothalamic Regulatory Hormones, Pages 1-42, Andrew V. Schally, Akira Arimura
Chapter 2 - Role of Central Cholinergic and Aminergic Neurotransmitters in the Control of Anterior Pituitary Hormone Secretion, Pages 43-65, Robert Collu
Chapter 3 - TSH and TRH: Their Physiological Regulation and the Clinical Applications of TRH, Pages 67-131, Henry G. Burger, Yogesh C. Patel
Chapter 4 - TRH: Clinical Investigations for Nonendocrine Actions in Man, Pages 133-142, Rudolph H. Ehrensing, Abba J. Kastin
Chapter 5 - Normal Gonadotropin Secretion in Females, Pages 143-174, Sven Johan Nillius
Chapter 6 - Neuroendocrine Aspects of the Regulation of Cyclic Gonadotropin Release in Women, Pages 175-196, Samuel S.C. Yen
Chapter 7 - Gonadotropin Secretion in Male Subjects, Pages 197-212, Paul Franchimont, Roger Roulier
Chapter 8 - Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone, Pages 213-236, C.H. Mortimer
Chapter 9 - Test Procedures for Gonadotropin Reserve Other than Gn-RH, Pages 237-241, Mortimer B. Lipsett
Chapter 10 - Growth Hormone, Pages 243-277, Philip E. Cryer, William H. Daughaday
Chapter 11 - Growth Hormone Release-Inhibiting Hormone (GH-RIH, Somatostatin), Pages 279-294, C.H. Mortimer
Chapter 12 - Therapeutic Implications of Dopaminergic Drugs in Acromegaly, Pages 295-308, M.O. Thorner
Chapter 13 - Nature of Prolactin and Its Measurement, Pages 309-317, H.G. Friesen, A.S. McNeilly
Chapter 14 - Prolactin: Clinical Physiology and the Significance and Management of Hyperprolactinemia, Pages 319-361, M.O. Thorner
Chapter 15 - The Nature of CRF and Its Relationship to Vasopressin, Pages 363-391, Dorothy T. Krieger, Earl A. Zimmerman
Chapter 16 - MIF-I: Actions in Man, Pages 393-400, Abba J. Kastin, André Barbeau, Nicholas P. Plotnikoff, Andrew V. Serially, Rudolph H. Ehrensing
Chapter 17 - Human Adrenocorticotropin and Lipotropin (MSH) in Health and Disease, Pages 401-441, Lesley H. Rees
Chapter 18 - Central Nervous System Actions of MSH and Related Pituitary Peptides, Pages 443-469, Curt A. Sandman, Abba J. Kastin, Lyle H. Miller
Chapter 19 - Measurement of Hypothalamic Regulatory Hormones in Biological Systems, Pages 471-486, S.L. Jeffcoate
Chapter 20 - The Neuroendocrine System and Puberty, Pages 487-501, J.C. Job
Chapter 21 - Pathological States Involving the Pineal, Pages 503-526, Michael A. Moskowitz, Richard J. Wurtman
Chapter 22 - Vasopressin, Pages 527-567, C.R.W. Edwards
Chapter 23 - Oxytocin, Pages 569-583, T. Chard
Chapter 24 - Neurophysins, Pages 585-602, Alan G. Robinson
Index, Pages 603-610