04665nam 2200625 a 450 991045371960332120200520144314.01-281-82772-X97866118277241-57808-605-1(CKB)1000000000553666(EBL)3404255(SSID)ssj0000152065(PQKBManifestationID)11162333(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152065(PQKBWorkID)10320405(PQKB)10334544(MiAaPQ)EBC3404255(Au-PeEL)EBL3404255(CaPaEBR)ebr10256207(CaONFJC)MIL182772(OCoLC)300693063(EXLCZ)99100000000055366620071002d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExperimental endocrinology and reproductive biology[electronic resource] /editors, Chandana Haldar ... [et al.]Enfield (NH) Science Publishersc20081 online resource (336 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57808-518-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""SECTION : I�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 : II�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""EndocrinologyReproductionEndocrine aspectsElectronic books.Endocrinology.ReproductionEndocrine aspects.612.4Haldar Chandana855804MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453719603321Experimental endocrinology and reproductive biology1910636UNINA