Experimental endocrinology and reproductive biology [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Chandana Haldar ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453719603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Enfield (NH), : Science Publishers, c2008
• ISBN: 1-281-82772-X; 9786611827724; 1-57808-605-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HaldarChandana
• Disciplina: 612.4
• Soggetti: Endocrinology; Reproduction - Endocrine aspects; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""SECTION : Iâ€?Experimental Endocrinology""; ""1. Melatonin: New Aspects of its Protective Actions and Novel Metabolites""; ""Abstract""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""TISSUE MELATONIN""; ""INDIRECT ANTIOXIDANT EFFECTS OF MELATONIN, AN EXTENDED FIELD""; ""MITOCHONDRIAL EFFECTS""; ""NEW METABOLITES FROM INTERACTIONS OF AMK AND REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2. Gastointestinal Melatonin-30 Years of Research""; ""Abstract""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Localization of GIT Melatonin""; ""Is GIT Melatonin Synthesized in the Digestive Tract or is it of Pineal Origin?""""Comparison between Gastrointestinal and Pineal Gland Melatonin""; ""Melatonin Binding and its Physiological Functions""; ""Melatonin, Food Intake and Digestion""; ""Melatonin in Digestive Glands and the Hepatobiliary System""; ""Clinical Relevance of Melatonin in the Tubular GIT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3. Studies on the Sympathetic Nervous Regulation of Innate Immunity""; ""Abstract""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AS REGULATOR OF DC FUNCTIONS""; ""Effect of NE on Migration and Antigen Presenting Ability of DCs""""; Discrete Adrenergic Influence on TLR-dependent DCs Activation""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4. Regulation and Synthesis of Maturation Inducing Hormone in Fishes""; ""Abstract""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""REGULATION OF GONADAL MATURATION""; ""MATURATION INDUCING STEROIDS (MIS)""; ""STEROID LEVELS IN THE BLOOD""; ""Vitellogenic Phase""; ""Post-vitellogenic Phase""; ""IN VITRO STUDIES""; ""STEROID SYNTHESIS""; ""MIS RECEPTORS""; ""MATURATION INDUCTION IN MALES""; ""MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MATURATION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENT""""REFERENCES""; ""5. Melatonin Inhibition of Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone-induced Calcium Signaling and Hormone Secretion in Neonatal Pituitary Gonadotrophs""; ""Abstract""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""GnRH SIGNALING""; ""GnRH-induced Calcium Oscillations""; ""GnRH-induced Current and Voltage Oscillations""; ""Critical Features of Intracellular GnRH Signaling in Neonatal Gonadotrophs""; ""MELATONIN RECEPTORS""; ""Localization of Melatonin Receptors in Reproductive Neuroendocrine Axis""; ""Melatonin Receptor Subtypes""; ""Signaling Pathways""; ""Ligand Binding to Melatonin Receptors""""Melatonin Interaction with GnRH in Neonatal Pituitary Gonadotrophs""; ""DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN ANTERIOR PITUITARY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""SECTION : IIâ€?Reproductive Biology and Clinical Endocrinology""; ""1. Roles of Melatonin in Photoperiodic Gonadal Response of Birds""; ""Abstract""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Photoperiodic Responses""; ""Control of Melatonin Secretion""; ""Roles of Melatonin in Photoperiodic Responses""; ""Melatonin and Photoperiodic Gonadal Response in Birds""; ""Target Site of Melatonin in Photoperiodic Gonadal Response""