Diagnosis and treatment of thyroid diseases in the aging

Chapters in this book

1. i-iv i
2. List of first-mentioned contributors v
3. Preface vii
4. Contents ix
5. The human hypothalamus in aging and dementia 1
6. Age-related changes in psychoneuroendocrinological function 15
7. Age-dependent changes in brain neurotransmitters and their influence on neuroendocrine functions 25
8. Thirst and osmoregulation in the elderly 37
9. The neuroendocrinology of the peri- and postmenopause 47
10. Estrogen-progestagen substitution during late postmenopause and old-age 67
11. Age-dependent changes in growth hormone secretion in adults 71
12. Growth hormone and aging 95
13. Diagnosis and treatment of thyroid diseases in the aging 113
14. The influence of aging on thyroxine 5’-deiodinating activity in cultivated adipocyte precursors 131
15. Degradation of intravenously administered thyrotropinreleasing hormone in the elderly 137
16. Pituitary-adrenocortical dysfunctions in the elderly 141
17. Function of the hypothalamo-pituitary testicular axis in elderly men 151
18. Diabetes mellitus in the elderly 157
19. Osteoporosis 165