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Neuroendocrinology

PATHOLOGICAL SITUATIONS AND DISEASES

Edited by
  • Luciano Martini, Department of Endocrinology, University of Milano, Milano, Italy
  • George Chrousos, First Department of Pediatrics, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
  • Fernand Labrie, MD, PhD, Molecular Endocrinology, Laval University Hospital, Quebec City, Canada
  • Karel Pacak, Section of Medical Neuroendocrinology, NICHD-NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
  • Donald Pfaff, Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior, Rockefeller University, New York, U.S.A.

Audience
Neurologists, Neuroscientists, Neuropsychologists

Included in series
Progress in Brain Research

Hardbound, 400 Pages

Published: June 2010

Imprint: Elsevier

ISBN: 978-0-444-53616-7

Contents

  • 1. Glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis of healthy and malignant lymphocytes
    L.K. Smith and J.A. Cidlowski (North Carolina, USA)

    2. Impact of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal/gonadal axes on trajectory of age-related cognitive decline
    C.D. Conrad and H.A. Bimonte-Nelson (Arizona, USA)

    3. Menopause and mitochondria: windows into estrogen effects on Alzheimer’s disease risk and therapy
    V.W. Henderson and R. Diaz Brinton (California, USA)

    4. DHEA, important source of sex steroids in men and even more in women
    F. Labrie (Quebec, Canada)

    5. Neuroendocrinology of post-traumatic stress disorder
    P. Pervanidou and G.P. Chrousos (Athens, Greece)

    6. Assisted reproduction and its neuroendocrine impact on the offspring
    C. Kanaka-Gantenbein, S. Sakka and G.P. Chrousos (Athens, Greece)

    7. Sex hormone and neuroendocrine aspects of the metabolic syndrome
    H. Nawata, T. Watanabe, T. Yanase, M. Nomura, K. Ashida, L. Min and W. Fan (Fukuoka, Japan)

    8. Ghrelin’s role as a major regulator of appetite and its other functions in neuroendocrinology
    C.T. Lim, B. Kola, M. Korbonits and A.B. Grossman (London, UK)

    9. Pathogenesis of pituitary tumors
    R. Yu and S. Melmed (California, USA)

    10. Molecular genetics of the AIP gene in familial pituitary tumorigenesis
    A. Tahir, H.S. Chahal and M. Korbonits (London, UK)

    11. Somatostatin and somatostatin receptors: from basic concepts to clinical applications
    M.C. De Martino, L.J. Hofland and S.W.J. Lamberts (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

    12. Somatostatin analogues: treatment of pituitary and neuroendocrine tumors
    A. Colao, A. Faggiano and R. Pivonello (Naples, Italy)

    13. The MENX syndrome and p27: relationships with multiple endocrine neoplasia
    S. Molatore and N.S. Pellegata (Neuherberg, Germany)

    14. Hormonal therapy of prostate cancer
    F. Labrie (Quebec, Canada)

    15. Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma
    V. Kantorovich and K. Pacak (Arkausas and Maryland, USA)

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