Stem Cells in Neuroendocrinology.

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Superior document:Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions Series
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Place / Publishing House:Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2016.
©2016.
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (163 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • A Brief Overview of Techniques for Modulating Neuroendocrine and Other Neural Systems
  • A Brief View of the Oldest, Most Primitive Approaches
  • The Disciplines
  • Morphology
  • Physiology
  • Chemistry
  • Genetics, Genomics
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Computational Approaches
  • A Brief Survey of Emerging Techniques for Neuromodulation
  • Electrical
  • Chemical
  • Genetic
  • Viral
  • Computational
  • Special Opportunities for Manipulating the Unique Products of Neuroendocrine Neurons
  • This Volume
  • Further Reading
  • Basics of Stem Cell Biology as Applied to the Brain
  • Introduction
  • The Basic Biology of Stem Cells
  • Preimplantation Development and Embryonic Stem (ES) Cells
  • Derivation and Maintenance of Pluripotent Stem Cells: Differences Between Mouse and Human
  • How to Test Pluripotency?
  • Opportunities and Challenges for Using ES Cells in Medicine
  • Obtaining Cells Genetically Matched to Patients: Reprogramming, Cloning, and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
  • Opportunities and Challenges of Producing Hypothalamic Neurons from Stem Cells
  • Direct Reprogramming: An Alternative Pathway to Obtaining Patient-Matched Neuron-Like Cells
  • Relevance of In Vitro Cell Types to Neuronal Biology
  • Outlook
  • References
  • Human Pluripotent-Derived Lineages for Repairing Hypopituitarism
  • Derivation of Human Neural Cell Types for Regenerative Medicine
  • Derivation and Application of Human Pituitary Lineages
  • Perspectives and Challenges on the Road to Translation
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Recapitulating Hypothalamus and Pituitary Development Using Embryonic Stem/Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
  • Introduction
  • A Need for Hypothalamus and Adenohypophysis Regenerative Medicine
  • Mouse ES Cells
  • Pituitary Gland Embryology.
  • Three-Dimensional ES Cell Culture
  • Induction of Hypothalamic Neurons from Mouse ES Cells
  • Two-Layer Formation In Vitro Is the First Step of Adenohypohysis Differentiation
  • Self-Formation of Rathkeś Pouch
  • Differentiation Into Hormone-Producing Endocrine Cells
  • Functionality of Induced ACTH+ Cells
  • Effect of Transplantation Into Hypophysectomized Model Animals
  • Adaptation to Human ES/iPS Cell Culture
  • Future Perspectives
  • References
  • Regulation of Body Weight and Metabolism by Tanycyte-Derived Neurogenesis in Young Adult Mice
  • Introduction
  • Material and Methods
  • Animals
  • Caloric Restriction
  • Reagents
  • Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU)
  • Tissue Processing and Antibodies
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Cell Quantification
  • Focal Irradiation of Ventrobasal Hypothalamus
  • Longitudinal Collection of Weight Data
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Results
  • Dietary Signals Differentially Regulate Neurogenesis and Cell Proliferation in ME and ArcN
  • Sex-Specific Differences in Diet-Induced Hypothalamic Neurogenesis
  • Blocking Neurogenesis in ME Attenuates HFD-Induced Weight Gain in Young Adult Female, But Not Male, Mice
  • Discussion
  • References
  • Genetic Dissection of the Neuroendocrine and Behavioral Responses to Stressful Challenges
  • References
  • Pituitary Stem Cells: Quest for Hidden Functions
  • Introduction
  • Primer on Pituitary Biology and Pathology
  • Pituitary Stem Cells: Expanding Molecular Portrayal
  • Pituitary Stem Cells: Uncovering the Hidden Functions
  • Neonatal Pituitary Maturation
  • Basal and Adapting Adult Pituitary
  • Pituitary Regeneration and Impact of Aging
  • Pituitary Tumorigenesis
  • Conclusion and General Perspectives
  • References
  • Pituitary Stem Cells During Normal Physiology and Disease
  • Introduction
  • The Long-Term Maintenance of the Anterior Pituitary
  • Stem Cells and Pituitary Tumours.
  • References
  • Epigenetic Mechanisms of Pituitary Cell Fate Specification
  • Introduction
  • Escaping Stemness
  • Intermediate Pituitary Identity
  • Pax7 Opens a New Enhancer Repertoire
  • The Essence of Pioneering
  • Succeeding at Multiple Choices or Avoiding Cellular Schizophrenia
  • Future Challenges
  • References
  • Advances in Stem Cells Biology: New Approaches to Understand Depression
  • Introduction
  • How Can We Best Study Depression?
  • The Neurogenesis Theory of Depression
  • Experimental Approaches
  • Immortalized Human Neural Cell Lines
  • Neural Stem Cell Lines
  • Modeling the Role of Stress
  • Modeling the Role of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress
  • Studying Mechanism of Action of Antidepressants
  • Tumour-Derived Cell Lines
  • Patient-Derived Neural Cells
  • IPSCs
  • Olfactory Neuroepithelium-Derived Stem Cells
  • Conclusions and Limitations of the Cell Models
  • References
  • Perspective on Stem Cells in Developmental Biology, with Special Reference to Neuroendocrine Systems
  • Introduction
  • Morphogenesis of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary Axis (Fig.1)
  • Hypothalamus
  • Pituitary
  • Characterization of AdSC in the Hypothalamo-Pituitary Axis (Fig.3)
  • Hypothalamus
  • Pituitary
  • In vitro Recapitulation of Ontogenesis in the Hypothalamo-Pituitary Axis (Fig.3)
  • Induction of Hypothalamic Identity from 3D ESC Aggregates
  • Generation of Hypothalamic Neurons from 2D ESC Cultures
  • Induction of RP from 3D Aggregates
  • Perspectives
  • Differentiation Strategies
  • Implantation in Homotypic Locations
  • Conclusion
  • References.