Morphology of Hypothalamus and Its Connections

ISBN-13: 9783642714634 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 314 str.

Detlef Ganten; Donald Pfaff; Y. Arai

Opis

With contributions by numerous experts

Spis treści

The Pituitary Portal System.- Functional Ultrastructure of Gonadotropes: a Review.- Ultrastructure of Anterior Pituitary Cells.- Catecholamine-Peptide Interactions in the Hypothalamus.- Neuroendocrine Projections to the Median Eminence.- Afferents onto Neuroendocrine Cells.- Interconnectedness of Steroid Hormone-Binding Neurons: Existence and Implications.- Ultrastructure of Regulatory Neuroendrocine Neurons and Functionally Related Structures.- Synaptogenesis and Neuronal Plasticity to Gonadal Steroids: Implications for the Development of Sexual Dimorphism in the Neuroendocrine Brain.