Title:
Pituitary today molecular, physiological and clinical aspects / volume editors Eduardo Arzt, Marcello Bronstein, Mirtha Guitelman.
Frontiers of hormone research ;
Frontiers of hormone research ;
Main Entry:
Arzt, Eduardo.
Bronstein, Marcello D., 1945-
Guitelman, Mirtha.
ebrary, Inc.
Publisher:
Karger,
Publication Date:
2006.
Publication Place:
Basel ; New York :
ISBN:
3805581556 (alk. paper)
Subject:
Pituitary gland -- Diseases.
Pituitary gland -- Pathophysiology.
Electronic books.
Series:
Frontiers of hormone research ; v. 35
Frontiers of hormone research ; v. 35.
Contents:
Implication of pituitary tropic status on tumor development / I. Donangelo, S. Melmed -- Anterior pituitary cell renewal during the estrous cycle / M. Candolfi, V. Zaldivar, A. Seilicovich -- Bone morphogenetic protein-4 control of pituitary pathophysiology / D. Giacomini ... [et al.] -- Genesis of prolactinomas: studies using estrogen-treated animals / D.K. Sarkar -- Dopaminergic D2 receptor knockout mouse: an animal model of prolactinoma / C. Cristina ... [et al.] -- Vasoinhibins: a family of n-terminal prolactin fragments that inhibit angiogenesis and vascular function / C. Clapp ... [et al.] -- Molecular mechanisms of pituitary differentiation and regulation: implications for hormone deficiencies and hormone resistance syndromes / J. Drouin -- Long-term follow-up of prolactinomas: should dopamine agonist treatment be life-long? / M. Guitelman -- Ghrelin: from somatotrope secretion to new perspectives in the regulation of peripheral metabolic functions / F. Broglio ... [et al.] -- Regulating of growth hormone sensitivity by sex steroids: implications for therapy / K.K.Y. Ho ... [et al.] -- Acromegaly: molecular expression of somatostatin receptor subtypes and treatment outcome / M.D. Bronstein -- Gene therapy in the neuroendocrine system / C.B. Hereñú ... [et al.] -- Ectopic acth syndrome / A.M. Isidori, G.A. Kaltsas, A.B. Grossman -- Estrogens and neuroendocrine hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function / A.F. De Nicola ... [et al.] -- New aspects in the diagnosis and treatment of cushing disease / M. Labeur ... [et al.].
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