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Sleep Hormones /
First published in 1943, Vitamins and Hormones is the longest-running serial published by Academic Press. The Editorial Board now reflects expertise in the field of hormone action, vitamin action, X-ray crystal structure, physiology and enzyme mechanisms. Under the capable and qualified editorial le...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier/Academic Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Vitamins and hormones ;
v. 89. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Sleep Hormones; Copyright; Former Editors; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Neurohormones and Sleep; I Introduction; II Pineal Gland; A Melatonin; B Regulation and function of melatonin; C Melatonin in clinical use; III Adenohypophysis; A Growth hormone axis; B Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis; C Gonadal axis; D Thyroid axis; E Prolactin axis; IV Neurohypophysis Axis; A Vasopressin; B Oxytocin; V Other Hormones; A Leptin; B Insulin and glucose; VI Summary; References; Chapter 2: The Role of Orexin/Hypocretin in the Central Nervous System and Peripheral Tissues
- I IntroductionII Orexin and Orexin Receptors; A Identification of orexin; B Orexin receptors; C Distribution of orexin neurons; D Distribution of orexin receptors; E Orexin and narcolepsy; III Function of Orexins in Feeding Behavior and Energy Homeostasis; A Pharmacological effects of orexin on feeding behavior; B Interaction with other feeding-related hypothalamic neurons; C Regulation of orexin neurons by feeding-related humoral factors; IV Function of Orexins in Peripheral Tissues; A The effect of orexin on the autonomic nervous system; B Orexin in the regulation of the HPA axis
- V Conclusions and Future DirectionsAcknowledgments; References; Chapter 3: Plasticity in Neurons Synthesizing Wake/Arousal Promoting Hormone Hypocretin/Orexin; I Introduction; II Assessment of Neural Plasticity in Hypocretin/Orexin Neurons; A Electrophysiological approaches; B Alternative approaches; III The Expression of Experience-Dependent Plasticity in Hypocretin/Orexin Neurons; A Basic properties of hypocretin/orexin neurons; B Food restriction induces reorganization of synapses on hypocretin/orexin neurons; C Prolonged wakefulness induces synaptic plasticity in hypocretin/orexin neurons
- IV Factors Modifying the Plasticity in Hypocretin/Orexin NeuronsV Conclusions and Future Directions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4: Expression of Orexin Receptors in the Pituitary; I Introduction; II Expression of OX1R and OX2R mRNAs and Proteins; III Regulation of Orexin Receptor Expression; IV The Role of the Orexin System in the Pituitary; V Conclusions and Follow-up Research; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5: Transcriptional Regulation of the Hypocretin/Orexin Gene; I Introduction; II Hypocretin/Orexin Regulatory Elements; III Colocalization with STAT3 in Hypocretin Neurons
- IV Interferon-Alpha Regulates Hypocretin-Promoter Activity In VitroV Hypocretin Expression in the Postnatal Period; VI Embryonic Hypocretin Expression; A Initiation of hypocretin expression; B Coexpression factors in the embryo; C In zebrafish; VII FOXA2 Regulates Hypocretin Expression; VIII Is There Diurnal Variation in Hypocretin Expression?; IX IGFBP3 Modulates Hypocretin Expression Levels; X Does Nur77 Affect the Activity of the Preprohypocretin Promoter? (Tanaka et al., 2009); XI Transcriptional Regulation of the Hypocretin/Orexin Gene by NR6A1