The New Pharmacology of Somatostatin and its Multiple Receptors

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1. TABLE OF CONTENTS
2. The New Pharmacology of Somatostatin and its Multiple Receptors
3. Effects of the Neonatal Sex Steroid Environment on Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone and Somatostatin Gene Expression
4. Potassium-Induced Depolarization Stimulates Somatostatin Gene Expression in Cultured Fetal Rat Cerebrocortical Cells
5. Pit-1 and Pit-2 Role in Growth Hormone Gene Regulation
6. Pit-1 and Pituitary Function
7. Growth Hormone Receptor and Binding Protein: Distribution and Function
8. Regulation of Growth Hormone-Binding Protein: Clinical Implications
9. Regulation of Somatotroph Cell Proliferation
10. Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Their Receptors in Normal Physiology and Pathological States
11. Human Studies on the Biological Actions of IGF-1. Evidence Suggesting that Human Fetal and Postnatal Epiphyseal Cartilage is a Target Tissue for IGF-1 Action
12. Neurotransmitter Control of Growth Hormone Secretion in Humans
13. Metabolic Status and Growth Hormone Secretion in Man
14. Genesis of Episodic Growth Hormone Secretion
15. Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion by the Growth Hormone Releasing Hexapeptide (GHRP-6)
16. Psychosocial Aspects of Short Stature
17. New Challenges in the Growth Field
18. Short Stature: New Challenges in Growth Hormone Therapy
19. Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone: Clinical Aspects
20. New Diagnostic Tests of GH Reserve
21. Recent Advances in hGH Clinical Research
22. Actual and Potential Clinical Uses of IGF-1
23. Clinical Aspects of Growth Hormone Excess: Achievements and Problems
24. GH Regulation in Acromegaly
25. Modern Imaging Techniques in GH Secretory Disorders
26. Neural and Pituitary Mechanisms Involved in Growth Hormone Regulation
27. Index