Research Catalog

Title

Growth hormone secretagogues / Barry B. Bercu,Richard F. Walker, editors.

Publication

New York : Springer, c1996

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Additional Authors

• Bercu, Barry B.
• Walker, Richard F., 1939-
• International Symposium on Growth Hormone Secretagogues (1994 : Saint Petersburg Beach, Fla.)

Description

xxii, 460 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subject

• Growth Hormone > physiology
• Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone > physiology
• Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone > physiology
• Growth Hormone > physiology
• Growth hormone releasing factor > Congresses
• Somatotropin > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Congress
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• "Proceedings of the International Symposium on Growth Hormone Secretagogues sponsored by Serono Symposia USA, Inc., held December 8 to 11, 1994, in St. Petersburg Beach, Florida"--T.p. verso.
• "Proceedings of the Serono Symposia USA series."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Growth Hormones Releasing Factor: A Brief History of Its Time / Roger Guillemin -- 2. Xenobiotic Growth Hormone Secretagogues: Growth Hormone Releasing Peptides / Cyril Y. Bowers -- 3. Synthetic Analogues of Growth Hormone Releasing Factor (GHRF) with Improved Pharmaceutical Properties / Teresa M. Kubiak, Alan R. Friedman and W. Michael Moseley -- 4. Structure, Function, and Regulation of the Pituitary Receptor for Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone / Kelly E. Mayo, Paul A. Godfrey, Venita DeAlmeida and Teresa L. Miller -- 5. Computer-Assisted Modeling of Xenobiotic Growth Hormone Secretagogues / Frank A. Momany and Cyril Y. Bowers -- 6. Growth Hormone Releasing Peptides / Romano Deghenghi -- 7. Nonpeptidyl Growth Hormone Secretagogues / Matthew J. Wyvratt -- 8. A Weak Substance P Antagonist Inhibits L-692,585-Stimulated GH Release in Swine / C. Chang, E. Rickes, L. McGuire, S. Cosgrove, E. Frazier, H. Chen, K. Cheng, R. Smith and G. Hickey -- 9. Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone Receptor in Human Breast Cancer Cell Line MCF-7 / Gregoire Prevost, Nathalie Veber, Lucien Israel and Philippe Planchon -- 10. Cellular Physiology of Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone / Lawrence A. Frohman -- 11. Mechanism of Action of GHRP-6 and Nonpeptidyl Growth Hormone Secretagogues / Roy G. Smith, Kang Cheng, Sheng-Shung Pong, Reid Leonard, Charles J. Cohen, Joseph P. Arena, Gerard J. Hickey, Ching H. Chang, Tom Jacks, Jennifer Drisko, Iain C. A. F. Robinson, Suzanne L. Dickson and Gareth Leng -- 12. Metabolic Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretagogue Gene Expression / Michael Berelowitz and John F. Bruno -- 13. The Role of Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (GHRH) and Growth Hormone (GH) in the Onset of Puberty and During Glucocorticoid-Altered Growth / Lisa K. Conley, Michel L. Aubert, Andrea Giustina and William B. Wehrenberg -- 14. Clinical Studies with Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone / Michael O. Thorner, Hal Landy and Samir Shah -- 15. Central and Peripheral Effects of Peptide and Nonpeptide GH Secretagogues on GH Release In Vivo / Keith M. Fairhall, Anita Mynett, Gregory B. Thomas and Iain C. A. F. Robinson -- 16. Evidence for a Central Site and Mechanism of Action of Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide (GHRP-6) / Suzanne L. Dickson -- 17. Animal Models for Evaluating Xenobiotic Growth Hormone Secretagogue Activity / Richard F. Walker and Barry B. Bercu -- 18. A Diagnostic Test Employing Growth Hormone Secretagogues for Evaluating Pituitary Function in the Elderly / Barry B. Bercu and Richard F. Walker -- 19. Transdifferentiation of Growth Hormone and Prolactin Secreting Cells / L. Stephen Frawley -- 20. Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone: Behavioral Evidence for Direct Central Actions / Franco J. Vaccarino and Sidney H. Kennedy -- 21. Growth Hormone (GH) Releasing Hormone- and Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone-Induced GH Release in the Acute Phase of Trauma / Antonio Mancini, Domenico Valle, Gianluigi Conte, Michele Perrelli, Edoardo Menini, Vittorio Mignani, Paolo Carducci, Francesco Della Corte and Laura De Marinis -- 22. Effects of Hexarelin on Growth Hormone Secretion in Short Normal Children, in Obese Children, and in Subjects with Growth Hormone Deficiency / Sandro Loche, Paola Cambiaso, Maria Rosaria Casini, Bruno P. Imbimbo, Daniela Carta, Patrizia Borrelli and Marco Cappa -- 23. Lymphocytes and Hypothalamic Peptides / Douglas A. Weigent and J. Edwin Blalock -- 24. Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide -- Hexarelin -- in Children: Biochemical and Growth Promoting Effects / Zvi Laron, Jenny Frenkel and Aviva Silbergeld -- 25. Growth Hormone Secretagogues in Disease States Associated with Altered Growth Hormone Secretion / Felipe F. Casanueva, Vera Popovic, Alfonso Leal-Cerro, Jose L. Zugaza, Manuel Pombo and Carlos Dieguez -- 26. Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (GHRH) Effects in Healthy Aging Men / M. R. Blackman, J. Vittone, E. Corpas, J. Busby-Whitehead, T. Stevens, K. Stewart, J. Tobin, M. Rogers, M. F. Bellantoni, J. Roth, A. Schwartz, P. L. Smith, R. G. S. Spencer and S. M. Harman -- 27. Aging and Growth Hormone Releasing Peptides / Ezio Ghigo, Emanuela Arvat, Laura Gianotti, Silvia Grottoli, Guido Rizzi, Giampaolo Ceda, Romano Deghenghi and Franco Camanni -- 28. Growth Hormone Relationships to Immune Function in Humans / Marie C. Gelato and Mary T. Sheehan.

ISBN

0387947078 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^96000632^

OCLC

• 34116039
• SCSB-14235410

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library