Functional Anatomy of the Neuroendocrine Hypothalamus (eBook)

Derek J. Chadwick and Joan Marsh are editors for Functional Anatomy of the Neuroendocrine Hypothalamus and other scientific titles.

FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE NEUROENDOCRINE HYPOTHALAMUS 1
Contents 7
Introduction 13
Peptidergic neurotransmitters in the endocrine hypothalamus 15
Co-localization of neuroactive substances in the endocrine hypothalamus 28
The relative importance of hypothalamic neurons containing corticotropin-releasing factor or vasopressin in the regulation of adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion 55
Intrahypothalamic neurohormonal interactions in the control of growth hormone secretion 66
Regulation of prolactin transformation in the rat pituitary 81
What can we learn from sampling hypophysial portal blood? 99
Immortalized hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons 116
Regulation of gene expression in the hypothalamus: hybridization histochemical studies 139
Feedback regulation of thyrotropin- releasing hormone gene expression by thyroid hormone in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus 156
Gene memory in neuroendocrine and behavioural systems 177
Receptors and neural effects of oxytocin in the rodent hypothalamus and preoptic region 199
Neuronal-glial and synaptic remodelling in the adult hypothalamus in response to physiological stimuli 221
Neural control of the synthesis and release of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone 245
The neurobiology of primate puberty 264
Hypothalamic transplantation 280
Summary 299
Index of contributors 301
Subject index 303