J. Horsky / J. Presl (eds.)

Ovarian Function and Its Disorders: Diagnosis and Therapy

Herausgegeben von Horsky, J.; Presl, J.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Developments in Obstetrics and Gynecology .3
• Verlag: Springer Netherlands / Springer, Berlin
• 1981.
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: Februar 1981
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 820g
• ISBN-13: 9789024723263
• ISBN-10: 9024723264
• Artikelnr.: 27649088

Inhaltsangabe

Development of Ovarian Activity and Its Control.- Sex Determination.- Development of the Reproductive System, Its Function and Control.- Development of the ovary.- Oogenesis.- Development of the genital apparatus.- Development of the adenohypophysis.- Development of the hypothalamus.- Development of the pineal organ.- Sexual differentiation of the hypothalamus.- Sexual Maturation.- Mechanisms Controlling Sexual Maturation.- The brain and sexual maturation.- Influence of age, body-weight, body composition and metabolism on sexual maturation.- Pituitary and sexual maturation.- Pineal gland and sexual maturation.- Adrenals and sexual maturation.- Qualitative changes in steroidogenesis and sexual maturation.- Control of Ovarian Activity.- Extrahypothalamic Structures and the Cerebral Cortex.- Limbic system.- The pineal gland.- Cerebral cortex.- Pheromones.- Innervation of the ovary.- Hypothalamus.- Hypothalamic nuclei and their nervous pathways.- Ependyma.- Hypothalamo-hypophyseal portal system.- Biogenic amines.- Hypothalamic releasing hormones.- LH-RH (GnRH, LH/FSH-RH, LRF).- LH-RH analogues.- PRH.- Hypothalamic inhibitory hormones.- PIH.- Feedbacks in the hypothalamo-hypophyso-ovarian relations.- Long (external) feedback of ovarian steroids.- Short (internal) feedback of hypophyseal gonadotropins.- "Ultrashort" feedback of hypothalamic releasing hormones.- Control of FSH and LH secretion.- Tonic and cyclic mechanism of gonadotropic secretion.- Mutual relationship between gonadotropins and steroids during the menstrual cycle and ovulation.- Participation of other substances in the control of the menstrual cycle.- Pulsatile release of gonadotropins.- Circadian rhythms in the endocrine system.- Physiological and mathematical model of the menstrual cycle.- Pituitary.- Gonadotropins.- Human follicle stimulating hormone (hFSH, follitropin) and human luteinizing hormone (hLH, lutropin).- Methods for the assessment of gonadotropins.- Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG).- Prolactin (PRL).- Methods of assessment of PRL.- Mechanism of gonadotropin action.- Gonadotropins and cAMP.- Development of the sensitivity of the ovary to gonadotropins.- Genital Cycle.- Ovarian Cycle.- Ovulation.- Physiological anovulation.- Corpus luteum.- Activity of the corpus luteum and its degeneration (luteolysis).- Ovarian steroidogenesis.- Steroid biosynthesis.- Steroid catabolism.- Secretion, transport and metabolic dynamics of steroids.- Oestrogens.- Sources and formation of oestrogens.- Secretion, circulation and metabolism of oestrogens.- Physiological action of oestrogens.- Oestrogen levels in urine and plasma.- Methods for the assessment of oestrogens.- Antioestrogens.- Gestagens.- Sources and formation of gestagens.- Secretion, circulation and metabolism of gestagens.- Physiological action of gestagens.- Urinary and plasma levels of gestagens.- Methods of gestagen assessment.- Antiprogestational substances.- Androgens.- Sources and formation of androgens.- Secretion, circulation and metabolism of androgens.- Physiological action of androgens.- Urinary and plasma androgen levels.- Methods of androgen assessment.- Antiandrogens.- Mechanism of Action of Ovarian Steroids on Target Tissue.- Mechanism of oestrogen action.- Mechanism of progesterone action.- Mechanism of androgen action.- Tissue localization, physiological changes and regulation of sex steroid receptors.- Prostaglandins.- Biosynthesis and metabolism of prostaglandins.- Mechanism of prostaglandin action.- Prostaglandins in the physiology and pathology of human reproduction.- Prostaglandins and the uterus.- Prostaglandins and the ovary.- Prostaglandins and the hypothalamo-hypophyseal system.- Uterine Cycle.- Endometrial cycle.- Myometrial cycle.- Cervical cycle.- Vaginal Cycle.- Climacteric and Menopause.- Endocrine Regulatory Mechanism During the Climacteric.- Oestrogens in the postmenopause.- Oestrogen sources in women after the menopause.- Gonadotropins in the climacteric.- Hypothalamic neur