Hormones, Homeostasis and the Brain
Elsevier (Publisher)
Published on 21. September 2011
380 pages
978-0-08-086167-8 (ISBN)
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Hormones, Homeostasis and the Brain
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- Front Cover
- Hormones, Homeostasis and the Brain
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter I. Session I- Releasing Hormones on the Central Nervous System
- 1. Behavioral effects of hypothalamic releasing hormones in animals and men
- 2. Prolyl-leucyl-glycine amide (PLG) and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH): DOPA potentia- tion and biogenic amine studies
- 3. Studies on pituitary hormones and releasing hormones in depression and sexual impotence
- 4. Releasing hormones and sexual behavior
- 5. Interaction of the tripeptide pyroglutamyl-histidyl-proline amide (thyrotropin-releasing hormone) with brain norepinephrine metabolism: evidence for an extrahypophyseal action of TRH on central nervous system function
- 6. Vasopressin as a neurotransmitter in the central nervous system: some evidence from the supra- optic neurosecretory system
- 7. Ultrashort feedback effects of releasing hormones
- 8. Modification of in vitro neurotransmitter release from rat brain slices by hypophyseotropic factors
- 9. TRH as a possible quick-acting but short-lasting antidepressant
- 10. Action of releasing factors on unit activity in the forebrain
- Chapter II. Session Il-Hormones and Sleep
- 1. Sleep-endocrinology studies in man
- 2. Twenty-four-hour cortisol secretory patterns in depressed and manic patients
- 3. Neuro-endocrine pattern of secretion during the sleep-wake cycle of man
- 4. Twenty-four-hour patterns of luteinizing hormone secretion in humans: ontogenetic and sexual considerations
- 5. Sleep-waking cycle of the hypophysectomized Rat
- 6. Sleep EEG stages and growth hormone levels in endogenous and exogenous hypercortisolemia or ACTH elevation
- 7. Antidiuretic hormone secretion during sleep in adult men
- Chapter III. Session III-Hormones on Learning and Memory Functions
- 1. Mechanism of steroid hormone actions on motivated behavioral reactions
- 2. The role of vasopressin in memory processes
- 3. Behavioral and electrographic changes in rat and man after MSH
- 4. Modulating influences of hormones and catecholamines on memory storage processes
- 5. Time-dependent anti-amnesic effect of ACTH4-10 and desglycinamide-lysine Vasopressin
- 6. Effects of lysine-8-vasopressin on punishment-induced suppression of a lever-holding response
- 7. A modulatory effect of pituitary polypeptides on peripheral nerve and muscle
- 8. Effects of behaviorally active ACTH analogs on brain protein metabolism
- 9. Phosphorylation of proteins from the brains of mice subjected to short-term behavioral experiences
- 10. Avoidance performance and plasma corticosteroid levels in previously undernourished mice
- 11. Some effects of ACTH4-10 on performance during a continuous reaction task
- 12. Mediation of epinephrine effects on memory processes by alpha- and beta-receptors
- 13. Effects of hormones on time-dependent memory storage processes
- Chapter IV. Session IV-Central Regulation of Homeostasis
- 1. The renin-angiotensin system and drinking behavior
- 2. Neurotransmitters and the regulation of food intake
- 3. Neurotransmitters and temperature regulation
- 4. Limbic structures and behavior: endocrine correlates
- 5. Pituitary peptides and adaptive autonomic responses
- 6. Central inhibitory noradrenergic cardiovascular control
- 7. Relationships of perception, cognition, suggestion and operant conditioning in essential hypertension
- 8. Changes in myocardial function as a consequence of prolonged emotional stress
- 9. Effect of the renin-angiotensin system on sodium appetite
- 10. Physiological mechanisms involved in psychological stress
- 11. Inhibition of adrenocortical responses following sciatic nerve stimulation in rats with complete and partial hypothalamic deafferentation
- 12. Aggression and psychoneuroendocrine factors
- 13. Disturbances of homeostasis by heat stress or aging and its treatment with minidoses of MA0 blockers
- 14. Interactions of self-stimulation behavior and some humoral factors
- 15. Changes in the EEG during menstrual cycle of women with and without oral contraceptives
- 16. Variations of performance in psychological tests during the menstrual cycle in women with and without oral contraceptives
- 17. Neural and humoral interactions between basal prechiasmatic area and median eminence
- Chapter V. Session V- Amines, Steroids and the Brain
- 1. Effect of pineal principles on avoidance and exploratory activity in the rat
- 2. Effect of midbrain raphe lesion on diurnal and stress-induced changes in serotonin content of discrete regions of the limbic system and adrenal function in the rat
- 3. Mechanism of reserpine-induced changes in the pituitary-gonadal axis in rats
- 4. Comparison of binding of [3H]corticosterone and [3H]dexamethasone by rat brain cytosol
- 5. Influence of hypothalamic extract on the uptake of steroid hormones by the anterior pituitary gland in rats
- 6. Regulation of estradiol-binding receptor synthesis at the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonad level in rats
- 7. Metabolism of androstenedione and testosterone in human fetal brain
- Chapter VI. Session VI-Early Hormonal Influences on Ontogenesis of Behavior and Brain Development
- 1. Neonatal stimulation and maturation of the 24-hour adrenocortical rhythm
- 2. Neuroendocrine effects of perinatal androgenization in the male ferret
- 3. Hormonal influences in the evolution and ontogeny of imprinting behavior in the duck
- 4. The role of hormonal steroids in the differentiation of sexual and aggressive behavior in birds
- 5. Sensitizing effects of androgen and photoperiod on hypothalamic mechanisms of sexual behavior
- 6. Light and social exposure: complimentary effect on pituitary gonadal function
- 7. Inhibition effects of "neo-natal" estrogenization on the sexual behavior of the male rat and modifications of the genital tract
- 8. The role of growth hormone in brain development and behaviorV. R. Sara and L. Lazarus (Sydney, Australia)
- 9. Preliminary report on behavioral (Beh) change in a 2-year-old boy with precocious puberty (PP) following L-DOPA (D) treatment
- 10. Psychoendocrine problems in patients with a late diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia: observations in a case of bilateral pseudocryptorchidism (female pseudohermaphroditism
- Chapter VII. Session VII-Miscellaneous
- 1. Glucose-insulin metabolism in chronic schizophrenia
- 2. Metabolism of cerebral peptides of physiological importance
- 3. Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol action and neuronal membrane-bound enzymes
- 4. The effect of exposure to two odorous compounds (pheromones) on an assessment of people test
- 5. The effect of epinephrine on liver 5-nucleotidase
- Subject Index
