Update on Mechs. of Hormone Action - Metab., Growth, Reprods.

00 preface......Page 1
01 a Part 1_ Metabolism......Page 11
01 The Gut Peptide Hormone Family,
Motilin and Ghrelin......Page 13
02 Functions of Adipose Tissue
and Adipokines in Health and Disease......Page 25
03 Glucokinase as a Glucose Sensor in Hypothalamus - Regulation by Orexigenic and Anorexigenic Peptides......Page 43
04 ‘Exercise-Eating Linkage’
Mediated by Neuro-Endocrine Axis and the
Relevance in Regulation of Appetite and
Energy Balance for Prevention of Obesity......Page 69
05 Estrogen Receptors in
Glucose Homeostasis......Page 79
06 Expression of Neuropeptide Y of GIFT
Tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) in Yeast
Pichia Pastoris and Its Stimulatory
Effects on Food Intake and Growth......Page 95
07 Hormones and Metabolism in Poultry......Page 121
08 Metabolic Control Targets for Patients
with Type 1 Diabetes in Clinical Practice......Page 143
09 Generation of Insulin Producing
Cells for the Treatment of Diabetes......Page 167
10 a Part 2_ Growth and Reproduction......Page 183
10 GH-IGF-IGFBP Axis and Metabolic Profile in
Short Children Born Small for Gestational Age......Page 185
11 Failure to Thrive: Overview of
Diagnosis and Management......Page 211
12 Hormonal Regulation of Circadian
Pacemaker in Ovary and Uterus......Page 227
13 Role of Leptin in the Reproduction
and Metabolism: Focus on Regulation
by Seasonality in Animals......Page 243
14 Attenuin: What It Is, How It
Works and What It Does......Page 269
15 Calcitonin Functions Both as a Hypocalcemic
Hormone and Stimulator of Steroid Production
and Oocyte Maturation in Ovarian Follicles
of Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio......Page 289
16 Ascidians: New Model Organisms
for Reproductive Endocrinology......Page 323
17 Estrogen Receptors in Leukocytes - Possible
Impact on Inflammatory Processes in the
Female Reproductive System......Page 347
18 a Part 3_ Gynecological Endocrinology......Page 361
18 Physiological Relevance of Pregnanolone
Isomers and Their Polar Conjugates
with Respect to the Gender,
Menstrual Cycle and Pregnancy......Page 363
19 Menstrual Cycle Disturbances
at Reproductive Age......Page 391
20 Primary and Secondary Amenorrhea......Page 437
21 The Management of
Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding......Page 457