Hormonal Signaling in Biology and Medicine. Comprehensive Modern Endocrinology

Table of Contents

1. Hormones and Perinatal Development 2. Hormones of Programmed Cell Death 3. Hypothalamic Releasing Hormones 4. Neurosteroids; Biosynthsis, Molecular Mechanisms, and Neurophysiological Functions in the Human Brain 5. Neurotrophins 6. The Pineal as a Gland, and Melatonin as a Hormone 7. Anterior pituitary: Glycoproteins of the Gonadotropes (FSH & LH) and Thyrotropes (TSH) 8. Anterior pituitary�and Pars Intermedia Space: Corticotropes (ACTH) and Melanotropes (MSH) 9. Anterior pituitary: Lactotropes (Prl) and Somatotropes (GH) 10. Posterior Pituitary Hormones 11. Hormones and Neuronal Ion Channels 12. Hormonal Regulation of the Epithelial Sodium Channel (ENaC) and Other Non-neuronal Ion Channels 13. Thymosins 14. Heart Hormones 15. Stomach Hormones 16. Intestinal Hormones 17. Pancreatic Hormones 18. Liver Hormones 19. The Endocrine Kidney: Local and Systemic Actions of Renal Hormones 20. Adipose Derived Hormones 21. Thyroid Hormones 22. Parathyroid Hormones 23. Hormones and Hormone Precursors in Skin 24. Hormones of the Testes 25. Ovarian Hormones 26. Muscle Hormones 27. Hormones from Bone 28. Adrenal Cortex Hormones 29. Adrenal Medulla Hormones 30. Overproduction of Hormones by Pituitary Tumors 31. Hormonal Effects on Tumors

Authors

Gerald Litwack Emeritus Professor and Chair of Basic Sciences, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Scranton, PA, USA. Dr. Litwack is an accomplished and prolific author and editor at Elsevier. Spanning over 25 years, he has been the editor of over 55 volumes of Vitamins and Hormones, co-author of Hormones, editor of 14 volumes of Biochemical Actions of Hormones, co-editor of Actions of Hormones on Molecular Processes, author of Human Biochemistry and Disease, and just wrapping up Human Biochemistry. He also authored Experimental Biochemistry [Wiley] and edited Receptor Purification, 2 volumes [Humana]. He is an author on over 300 journal articles and has been on the editorial boards of numerous journals, including Endocrinology, Oncology Research, Oncology Reports, Journal of Molecular Biochemistry, Chemtracts, Cancer Research, Apoptosis, and Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression.