Recent Progress in Hormone Research

List of Contributors and Discussants

Preface


1. Promoter Elements of Genes Coding for Proteins and Modulation of Transcription by Estrogens and Progesterone


2. Structure, Expression, and Evolution of the Genes for the Human Glycoprotein Hormones


3. The Regulation and Organization of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Genes


4. Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus Model in Studies of Glucocorticoid Regulation


5. Role of the Circadian System in Reproductive Phenomena


6. Neuroendocrine Basis of Seasonal Reproduction


7. Somatocrinin: The Growth Hormone Releasing Factor


8. Phospholipid Turnover in Hormone Action


9. New Perspectives on the Mechanism of Insulin Action


10. The Interaction of Prolactin with Its Receptors in Target Tissues and Its Mechanism of Action


11. The Hypothalamic Control of the Menstrual Cycle and the Role of Endogenous Opioid Peptides


12. A Role for Hypothalamic Catecholamines in the Regulation of Gonadotropin Secretion


13. Cell Proliferation in the Mammalian Testis: Biology of the Seminiferous Growth Factor (SGF)


14. Endocytosis and Membrane Traffic in Cultured Cells


15. Hereditary Resistance to 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D

Index