Knobil and Neill's Physiology of Reproduction

Contributors......Page 1
Foreword......Page 7
Preface to the First Edition......Page 16
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 17
Preface......Page 18
CHAPTER 1 The Spermatozoon......Page 19
CHAPTER 2 Fertilization in Mammals......Page 71
CHAPTER 3 Gamete and Zygote Transport......Page 129
CHAPTER 4 Implantation......Page 162
CHAPTER 5 Anatomy and Genesis of the Placenta......Page 204
CHAPTER 6 Sex Determination and Differentiation......Page 259
CHAPTER 7 Preimplantation Embryogenesis......Page 277
CHAPTER 8 Embryology and Genetics......Page 327
CHAPTER 9 Oviduct and Endometrium......Page 351
CHAPTER 10 Follicular Development......Page 397
CHAPTER 11 Ovulation......Page 438
CHAPTER 12 Structure, Function, and Regulation of the Corpus Luteum......Page 491
CHAPTER 13 Growth Hormone, Insulin-Like Growth Factors, and the Ovary......Page 543
CHAPTER 14 Gonadotropin Signaling in the Ovary......Page 563
CHAPTER 15 Steroid Receptors in the Ovary and Uterus......Page 609
CHAPTER 16 Physiology and Molecular Biology of the Relaxin Peptide Family......Page 695
CHAPTER 17 Anatomy, Vasculature, and Innervation of the Male Reproductive Tract......Page 785
CHAPTER 18 Cytology of the Testis......Page 840
CHAPTER 19 The Sertoli Cell......Page 961
CHAPTER 20 Physiology of Testicular Steroidogenesis......Page 988
CHAPTER 21 Endocrine Regulation of Spermatogenesis......Page 1028
CHAPTER 22 The Epididymis......Page 1081
CHAPTER 23 Physiology of the Male Accessory Sex Structures......Page 1159
CHAPTER 24 Male Sexual Function......Page 1183
CHAPTER 25 Immunophysiology of the Male Reproductive Tract......Page 1205
CHAPTER 26 Pituitary and Hypothalamus......Page 1297
CHAPTER 27 Anatomy of the Hypothalamo–Hypophysial Complex......Page 1316
CHAPTER 28 Physiology of the Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neuronal Network......Page 1421
CHAPTER 29 Gonadotropes and Lactotropes......Page 1490
CHAPTER 30 Gonadotropins: Chemistry and Biosynthesis......Page 1589
CHAPTER 31 Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Regulation......Page 1643
CHAPTER 32 Prolactin: Structure, Function, and Regulation of Secretion......Page 1710
CHAPTER 33 Neurobiology of Male Sexual Behavior......Page 1734
CHAPTER 34 Mechanisms for Female Reproductive Behaviors, Motivation, and Arousal......Page 1830
CHAPTER 35 Maternal Behavior......Page 1926
CHAPTER 36 Communicative Behaviors, Hormone–Behavior Interactions......Page 1999
CHAPTER 37 Pheromones and Mammalian Reproduction......Page 2045
CHAPTER 38 Puberty in the Rat......Page 2063
CHAPTER 39 Puberty in the Sheep......Page 2129
CHAPTER 40 Puberty in Nonhuman Primates and Humans......Page 2179
CHAPTER 41 Seasonal Regulation of Reproduction in Mammals......Page 2233
CHAPTER 42 Neuroendocrine Control of Mating-Induced Ovulation......Page 2284
CHAPTER 43 Neuroendocrine Control of the Ovarian Cycle of the Rat......Page 2328
CHAPTER 44 Neuroendocrine Control of the Ovarian Cycle of the Sheep......Page 2390
CHAPTER 45 Menstrual Cycle in Higher Primates......Page 2449
CHAPTER 46 Suckling and the Control of Gonadotropin Secretion......Page 2511
CHAPTER 47 Physiological Mechanisms Integrating Metabolism and Reproduction......Page 2552
CHAPTER 48 Stress and the Reproductive System......Page 2625
CHAPTER 49 Aging in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary–Testicular Axis......Page 2695
CHAPTER 50 CHAPTER 49 Aging in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary–Ovarian Axis......Page 2727
CHAPTER 51 Immunobiology of Human Pregnancy......Page 2754
CHAPTER 52 Placental Transfer......Page 2781
CHAPTER 53 Placental Endocrine Function......Page 2841
CHAPTER 54 Maternal Adaptation to Pregnancy......Page 2892
CHAPTER 55 Parturition......Page 2917
CHAPTER 56 Developmental Origins of Health and Disease......Page 2967
CHAPTER 57 Lactation and Its Hormonal Control......Page 2983
CHAPTER 58 Oxytocin Reproduction......Page 3037
CHAPTER 59 Milk Ejection and Its Control......Page 3111
Index......Page 3173