Neuroendocrine Disorders in Children

Professor Mehul Dattani MBBS, DCH, FRCPCH, MD leads paediatric and adolescent endocrinology at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London. His research interests are in the area of growth, pituitary development and disorders of puberty. Professor Dattani has received a number of national and international awards for his research work. He is currently Chair of the Programme Organizing Committee of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology. Professor Peter Hindmarsh BSc, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH is Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology at University College London and Divisional Clinical Director at the University College London Hospitals. His research interests include mathematical modelling of feedback systems including growth hormone, cortisol and insulin. He served as Chair of the working party on diabetes whose work led to major improvements in paediatric diabetes care in the UK. Professor Iain Robinson MBE, MA, DPhil, FMedSci, HonFBPhS was head of the Division of Molecular Neuroendocrinology at the Medical Research Council National Institute for Medical Research until retirement in 2009. A major focus of interest was the study of hypothalmo-pituitary defects that cause growth retardation in children. His is group pioneered microsampling techniques in experimental animals and neonates, as well as developing novel transgenic and imaging techniques. Dr Lucinda Carr MB, ChB, FRCPCH, MD is Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, working across the departments of neurology and neurodisability. She served as the clinical lead in neurology at the hospital from 2008 to 2013. Dr Carr's main research interest is in movement disorders and cerebral palsy and she was a member of the team that developed the NICE guidelines on the management of spasticity in children.

Section 1: The GH-IGF1 axis and the brain 1. Normal hypothalamo-pituitary function and the neuroendocrine regulation of growth, 2. Disorders of the GH-IGF1 axis leading to growth failure, 3. The effect of growth hormone on the brain 4. Impact of disorders of the GH-IGF1 axis on neurological functioning in childhood 5. Neuroencocrine Disorders of salt and water balance Section 2: The thyroid axis and the brain 6. The hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis: anatomy and physiology 7. Disorders of the hypothalamo-pituitary-thyroid 8. Impact of Thyroid Disorders on Neurological Function Section 3: Regulation of appetite and weight 9. The role of the hypothalamus in normal weight regulation 10. Genetic childhood obesity syndromes 11. Treatment of Obesity Section 4: Effects of treatment of cancer on the neuroendocrine system 12. Late effects of cancer and its treatments on the neuroendocrine system, 13. Craniopharyngioma Section 5: Adrenal disorders and the brain 15. The hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and its regulation 16. The effect of stress on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: an update 17. Adrenoleukodystrophy- neurological aspects 18. Cushing disease: diagnosis and management Section 6: Neuroendocrinology and the reproductive axis 19. The hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis 20. Disorders of gonadotrophin secretion Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism 21 Precocious puberty 22. Psychological and behavioural consequences of gonadal hormone abnormality during early development Section 7 Neurological complications of diabetes mellitus 23. Diabetes and the developing brain 24. The Central actions of insulin