Description
Springer Human Pituitary Hormones Circadian and episodic variations 1st Editon 2011 Softbound by E. van Cauter, G. Copinschi
1. Quantitative methods for the analysis of circadian and episodic hormone fluctuations.- Discussion.- 2. The sleep-wake pattern of cortisol and growth hormone secretion during non-entrained (free running) conditions in man.- 3. Search for a primate model of human sleep-related hormone secretion.- Discussion.- 4. Adaptation of 24-hour hormonal patterns and sleep to jet lag.- Discussion.- 5. Effect of an imposed 21-hour sleep-wake cycle upon the rhythmicity of human plasma thyrotropin.- Discussion.- 6. Physiological factors influencing the nyctohemeral pattern of TSH.- 7. Circadian and ultradian variations in serum TSH and thyroid hormones in normal man and in patients with treated and untreated primary hypothyroidism.- Discussion.- 8. Control of pituitary-adrenal periodicity.- Discussion.- 9. Influence of drug administration on ACTH circadian rhytm.- Discussion.- 10. Hormonal rhythms in pituitary tumors.- Discussion.- 11. Circadian variation of plasma growth hormone in normal subjects and diabetic patients. Effects of somatostatin infusion, age and body weight.- Discussion.- 12. Circadian and circannual changes of pituitary and other hormones in healthy human males: their relationship with gonadal activity.- Discussion.- 13. Clinical implications of gonadotropin rhythms.- Discussion.- 14. Pituitary and pineal hormone rhythms in manic depression.- Discussion.- 15. Circadian rhythm of plasma gonadotropins, prolactin and growth hormone levels in anorexia nervosa: Correlations with hypophysial tests.- Discussion.- General Discussion.- List of participants.