Human Pituitary Hormones: Developments in Endocrinology, cartea 1

1. Quantitative methods for the analysis of circadian and episodic hormone fluctuations.- Discussion.- 2. The sleep-wake pattern of cortisol and growth hormone secretion during non-entrained (free running) conditions in man.- 3. Search for a primate model of human sleep-related hormone secretion.- Discussion.- 4. Adaptation of 24-hour hormonal patterns and sleep to jet lag.- Discussion.- 5. Effect of an imposed 21-hour sleep-wake cycle upon the rhythmicity of human plasma thyrotropin.- Discussion.- 6. Physiological factors influencing the nyctohemeral pattern of TSH.- 7. Circadian and ultradian variations in serum TSH and thyroid hormones in normal man and in patients with treated and untreated primary hypothyroidism.- Discussion.- 8. Control of pituitary-adrenal periodicity.- Discussion.- 9. Influence of drug administration on ACTH circadian rhytm.- Discussion.- 10. Hormonal rhythms in pituitary tumors.- Discussion.- 11. Circadian variation of plasma growth hormone in normal subjects and diabetic patients. Effects of somatostatin infusion, age and body weight.- Discussion.- 12. Circadian and circannual changes of pituitary and other hormones in healthy human males: their relationship with gonadal activity.- Discussion.- 13. Clinical implications of gonadotropin rhythms.- Discussion.- 14. Pituitary and pineal hormone rhythms in manic depression.- Discussion.- 15. Circadian rhythm of plasma gonadotropins, prolactin and growth hormone levels in anorexia nervosa: Correlations with hypophysial tests.- Discussion.- General Discussion.- List of participants.