Neuroendocrinology

THE NORMAL NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM

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.

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Neurologists, Neuroscientists, Neuropsychologists

Included in series
Progress in Brain Research

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Hardbound, 312 Pages

Published: May 2010

Imprint: Elsevier

ISBN: 978-0-444-53617-4

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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
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10. The intracrine sex steroid biosynthesis pathways
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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
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15. A hormonal contraceptive for men: how close are we?
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Neuroendocrinology

THE NORMAL NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM

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