Recent Progress in Hormone Research

List of Contributors and Discussants

Preface


1. The Ovarian Triad of the Primate Menstrual Cycle


2. Measurement of Local Glucose Utilization and Its Use in Localization of Functional Activity in the Central Nervous System of Animals and Man


3. Impact of Estrogens on Hypothalamic Nerve Cells: Ultrastructural, Chemical, and Electrical Effects


4. Biosynthesis, Processing, and Secretion of Parathormone and Secretory Protein-I


5. Gastrointestinal Peptides: The Basis of Action at the Cellular Level


6. Chemical and Biological Characterization of Corticotropin Releasing Factor


7. Regulation of Kidney Functions by Hormones: A New Approach


8. Calcitonin, Prolactin, and Growth Hormone Gene Expression as Model Systems for the Characterization of Neuroendocrine Regulation


9. Expression of Cloned Growth Hormone and Metallothionein Genes in Heterologous Cells


10. Glucocorticoid Regulation of Gene Expression: Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus as a Model System


11. Hormone and Age-Dependent Regulation of α2u-Globulin Gene Expression


12. Role of Specific Chromosomal Proteins and DNA Sequences in the Nuclear Binding Sites for Steroid Receptors


13. Actions of Insulin on Glucose Transport and cAMP Phosphodiesterase in Fat Cells: Involvement of Two Distinct Molecular Mechanisms


14. Hormone-Induced Morphogenesis and Growth: Role of Mesenchymal-Epithelial Interactions


15. Leydig Cell Structure and Steroidogenic Function

Index