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Taylor & Francis Ltd Experimental Endocrinology And Reproductive Biology 2008 Edition by C Haldar, M. Singaravel, S.R. Pandi-Perumal
Significant advances have been made in Endocrinology relating to developmental biology, environmental physiology, chronobiology, photobiology, reproductive biology, circulatory and digestive physiology, molecular biology, metabolic physiology, clinical and medical biology, etc. Comparative points of view have also accelerated the advancement of endocrinology. This book covers various topics of endocrinology from comparative, experimental, developmental, reproductive and clinical endocrine aspects. Another important feature of this book is that more than half the chapters are described in relation to the function of melatonin and the structure of the pineal organ. These trials of this book are reasonable and timely. Melatonin physiology has been reviewed from several points of view such as antioxidant and scavenger of hydroxyl radical, circadian clock and photoperiodic gonadal response including photoreceptor system, and development of vertebrates. ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsSECTION I: Experimental Endocrinology1. Melatonin: New Aspects of its ProtectiveActions and Novel MetabolitesR. Hardeland and B. Poeggeler2. Gastrointestinal Melatonin - 30 Years of ResearchG.A. Bubenik3. Studies on the Sympathetic Nervous Regulationof Innate ImmunityGeorges J.M. Maestroni4. Regulation and Synthesis of MaturationInducing Hormone in FishesR.M. Inbaraj and Hanna Rosenfeld5. Melatonin Inhibition of Gonadotropin-releasingHormone-induced Calcium Signaling and HormoneSecretion in Neonatal Pituitary GonadotrophsHana Zemkova, Ales Balik and Petr MaznaSECTION II: Reproductive Biology and Clinical Endocrinology1. Roles of Melatonin in Photoperiodic GonadalResponse of BirdsTomoko Yoshikawa, Masayuki Iigo, Toshiyuki Okano andYoshitaka Fukada2. The Role of Prenatal Androgen Excess on the Developmentof Polycystic Ovary SyndromeAgathocles Tsatsoulis and Nectaria Xita3. Effects of Antidiabetic Drugs on Reproductive System,Life Span and Tumor DevelopmentVladimir N. Anisimov4. Obesity and Male InfertilityAhmad Hammoud and Douglas T. Carrel5. Melatonin and Induction and/or Growth ofExperimental TumorsMichal KarasekSECTION III: Developmental Endocrinology1. Melatonin and its Role in Avian EmbryogenesisSkwarlo-Sonta Krystyna, Oblap Ruslan, Majewski Pawel, StepinskaUrszula, Baranska Anna and Olszanska Bozenna2. Early Avian Development: Molecular AspectsBoz enna Olszan_ska3. Melatonin in Anuran Development and MetamorphosisM.L. Wright, T.A. Shea, R.F. Visconti, B.L. Ramah, L.L. Francisco,J.L. Scott and A.L. Wickett4. Development and Regeneration of the Vertebrate Retina:Role of Tissue Interaction and Signaling Moleculeson the Retinal Fate Determination andRPE TransdifferentiationMasasuke ArakiSECTION IV: Endocrine Physiology1. Comparative Aspects of the Mammalian PinealGland UltrastructureMichal Karasek and Anna Zielinska2. The Ultimobranchial Gland in Poikilotherms:Morphological and Functional AspectsAjai Kumar Srivastav, Seema Yadav, Sunil Kumar Srivastavand Nobuo Suzuki3. Melatonin and Immunomodulation: Involvementof the Neuro-endocrine NetworkC. Haldar, S.S. Singh, S. Rai, K. Skwarlo-Sonta, J. Pawlak andM. SingaravelIndexColor Plate Section