Research Catalog

Title

Neuroendocrinology in physiology and medicine / edited by P. Michael Conn and Marc E. Freeman.

Publication

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors

• Conn, P. Michael.
• Freeman, Marc E.

Description

xii, 574 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subjects

• Neurosecretory Systems > physiology
• Neuroendocrinology
• Endocrine Glands > physiology

Note

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. The Interactions Between the Nervous and Endocrine Systems. 1. The Hypothalamus as an Endocrine Organ: The Science of Neuroendocrinology / Bela Halasz. 2. Micro- and Macroscopic Structure, Innervation, and Vasculature of the Hypothalamus / Miklos Palkovits. 3. Hypothalamic Hormones / Akira Arimura. 4. Neurotransmitters as Regulators of Hypothalamic Function / Paul V. Malven. 5. The Hypothalamus as a Major Integrative Center / Jon E. Levine. 6. Endocrine Targets in the Brain / Lothar Jennes and M. Chris Langub -- Pt. II. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Reproduction, Parturition, Lactation, Growth, Development, Metabolism, and Fluid Balance. 7. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Pituitary Function: General Principles / George Fink. 8. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Reproductive Cyclicity / Neena B. Schwartz. 9. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Pregnancy and Parturition / John R. G. Challis. 10. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Lactation and Milk Ejection / H. Allen Tucker.
• 11. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion / William B. Wehrenberg and Andrea Giustina. 12. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Puberty / Sergio R. Ojeda and Marie Bilger. 13. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Thyroid Function / William J. DeVito. 14. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Water Balance: The Kidney / Leonard Share and Edward G. Schneider -- Pt. III. Neuroendocrine Correlates of Stress, Behavior, and Biological Processes. 15. Regulation of the Stress Response by Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptors / Richard L. Hauger and Frank M. Dautzenberg. 16. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Sexual Behavior / Donald W. Pfaff, Nandini Vasudevan and Barbara Attardi. 17. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Maternal Behavior / Robert S. Bridges and Elizabeth M. Byrnes. 18. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Fluid Intake and Homeostasis / Joseph G. Verbalis and Edward M. Stricker. 19. Control of Food Intake / Peter J. Havel, Philip J. Larsen and Judy L. Cameron.
• 20. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Learning and Memory / Tj. B. van Wimersma Greidanus, G. Croiset and David de Wied. 21. Neuroendocrine Correlates of Aging / Phyllis M. Wise -- Pt. IV. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Biological Rhythms. 22. Chronobiology / Gene D. Block, Marie Kerbeshian and Erik D. Herzog. 23. Influence of Light and the Pineal Gland on Biological Rhythms / Henryk F. Urbanski. 24. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Biological Rhythms / Nancy L. Wayne. 25. The Neuroendocrine Control of Circadian Rhythms / Benoit Malpaux. 26. The Neuroendocrine Control of Ultradian Rhythms / Johannes D. Veldhuis -- Pt. V. Neuroendocrine Pathology and Disease. 27. Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothalamic Disease / Marcello D. Bronstein, Malebranche B. C. Cunha Neto and Nina Rosa de C. Musolino. 28. Hypothalamic Involvement in Disorders of Pituitary Hormone Secretion / Ilan Shimon and Shlomo Melmed -- Pt. VI. Emerging Areas of Neuroendocrinology.
• 29. Neuroendocrine Immunology / Charles V. Clevenger and Loretta M. Flanagan-Cato. 30. Electrophysiology of Hypothalamic Neurons / F. Edward Dudek, Bret N. Smith and Kelly J. Suter / [et al.]. 31. Anatomical Markers of Activity in Hypothalamic Systems / Gloria E. Hoffman and Anne Z. Murphy.

ISBN

0896037258 (alk. paper)

LCCN

99010139

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries