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List of Contributors | |
Preface | |
Acknowledgements | |
Structure of the Human Hypothalamus | |
Anatomy of the human hypothalamus (chiasmatic and tuberal region) | p. 3 |
Clinical Manifestations of Hypothalamic Diseases | |
Endocrine functions of the hypothalamus and alterations in neuroendocrine function - focus on thyrotropin and growth hormone | p. 19 |
Neurologic manifestations of hypothalamic disease | p. 31 |
Technical Potentialities and Pitfalls in the Use of Human Material | |
In situ hybridization histochemistry in the human hypothalamus | p. 45 |
Receptor localization in the human hypothalamus | p. 57 |
Human hypothalamic and pituitary neuroendocrine function during in vitro perifusion | p. 69 |
Brain banking and the human hypothalamus - factors to match for, pitfalls and potentials | p. 83 |
Biological Rhythms | |
The fourth C.U. Ariens Kappers lecture | p. 99 |
The organization of the human circadian timing system | p. 101 |
Prenatal development of a hypothalamic biological clock | p. 119 |
The human hypothalamus: comparative morphometry and photoperiodic influences | p. 133 |
Circadian rhythms and the suprachiasmatic nucleus in perinatal development, aging and Alzheimer's disease | p. 151 |
Development, Aging and Dementia | |
Ontogeny of peptides in the human hypothalamus in relation to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) | p. 167 |
LHRH neurons: functions and development | p. 189 |
The human hypothalamus in relation to gender and sexual orientation | p. 205 |
Hormonal influences on morphology and neuropeptide gene expression in the infundibular nucleus of post-menopausal women | p. 221 |
The human hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal system in relation to development, aging and Alzheimer's disease | p. 237 |
The hypothalamic lateral tuberal nucleus: normal anatomy and changes in neurological diseases | p. 249 |
Galanin tuberomammillary neurons in the hypothalamus in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases | p. 263 |
Osmoregulation | |
Animal models for osmoregulatory disturbances | p. 273 |
Autoimmune hypothalamic diabetes insipidus ("autoimmune hypothalamitis") | p. 283 |
The molecular biology of human hereditary central diabetes insipidus | p. 295 |
The use of linkage analysis and the Centre d'Etude Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH) panel of DNA in the study of the arginine vasopressin, oxytocin and prodynorphin gene loci | p. 309 |
Hypothalamus and Reproduction | |
Animal models for brain and pituitary gonadal disturbances | p. 321 |
Genetic, hypothalamic and endocrine features of clinical and experimental obesity | p. 333 |
Hypothalamic involvement in sexuality and hostility: comparative psychological aspects | p. 343 |
Hypothalamus and Stress | |
Re-examination of the glucocorticoid hypothesis of stress and aging | p. 365 |
The role of corticotropin-releasing hormone in the pathogenesis of Cushing's disease, anorexia nervosa, alcoholism, affective disorders and dementia | p. 385 |
Endogenous pyrogens in the CNS: role in the febrile response | p. 419 |
Psychiatric Diseases | |
Endorphins and schizophrenia | p. 433 |
Neurohypophyseal peptides and psychopathology | p. 455 |
Subject Index | p. 463 |
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