Neuroendocrinology of Sex Steroids : : Basic Knowledge and Clinical Implications / / ed. by W. A. Scherbaum, Winfried Rossmanith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Medicine and Life Sciences 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Aguzzoli, L.,; Angioni, St.,; Artini, P. G.,; Battaglia, C.,; Bidzinska, B.,; Clifton, D.K.,; Coen, C. W.,; Costa, A.,; Dörner, G.,; El Etreby, M.F.,; Filicori, M.,; Flerkó, B.,; Genazzani, A.R.,; Genezzani, P.D.,; Gestaldi, M.,; Grossman, A.,; Habenicht, U.-F.,; Hemrika, D.,; Hirsch, B.,; Jarry, Η.,; Jirikowski, G. F.,; Klingmüller, D.,; Leonhardt, S.,; Liposits, Zs.,; Lopez, P. Rodrigues,; Marks, D. L.,; McArdle, C.A.,; Mercuri, N.,; Mortola, J.F.,; Petraglia, F.,; Prandi, B.,; Rasmussen, D.D.,; Rossmanith, W.G.,; Scherbaum, W.A.,; Schoemaker, J.,; Schrell, U.M.H.,; Steiner, R. A.,; Vita, D. De,; Wuttke, W.,; Κalló, I.,
• HerausgeberIn: Rossmanith, Winfried,; Scherbaum, W. A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: Reprint 2012
• Language: English
• Series: New Developments in Biosciences ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (222 p.) :; Num. figs.

Table of Contents

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• PREFACE
• Contents
• Androgen regulation of neuropeptide gene expression
• Steroidal modulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone action in pituitary gonadotropes
• Steroids and steroid receptors in brain tumors with special emphasis to meningiomas
• Estrogen-sensitive neurons in the forebrain of the rat: from hypothesis to ultrastructural localization
• Sex steroids and opioid peptides
• Sex hormone dependent brain organization, sexual behavior and ovarian function
• Actions of ovarian steroids on hypothalamic oxytocin and vasopressin expression
• Steroid hormones modulate placental GnRH and CRF production
• A dopaminergic mechanism for estrogen regulation of hypothalamic ß-endorphinergic activity?
• Involvement of catecholamines and amino acid neurotransmitters in the generation of GnRH pulses
• Pulsatile pattern of LH secretion in relation to the sex steroid milieu
• Role of estrogens and androgens for the negative feedback control of gonadotropin secretion in different species
• Steroid regulation of corticotrophin-releasing hormone release: implications for clinical disorders
• Control of GnRH and gonadotropin secretion by sex steroids
• Effect of the GnRH antagonist Cetrorelix on the secretion of LH and testosterone
• Sex steroid dependent prolactin secretion
• Influence of sex steroids on TSH secretion
• Psychiatric aspects of sex hormones
• Contributors