Perspectives in avian endocrinology /
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bradley Stoke, Bristol, UK :
Journal of Endocrinology Limited,
[1997]
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Sexual differentiation and embryogenesis
- Maternal steroid hormones in the egg / H. Schwabl
- The Chick anti-mullerian hormone gene / D. Carre-Eusebe ... [et. al.]
- Estrogen synthesis and receptors during early gonadal development / O. Nakabayashi ... [et. al.]
- Sexual differentiation of the songbird brain: evidence for hormonal and non-hormonal mechanisms / W. Grisham, J. Wade and A.P. Arnold
- Regulation of somatotroph differentiation during chicken embryonic development: a review / T. E. Porter
- Genotypic and phenotypic sex reversal / R. J. Etches and H. Kagami
- Pt. 2. Growth and sexual maturation.
- Inhibin from embryo to adult hen / E. Decuypere ... [et. al.]
- Neuroendocrine control of early sexual development / W.J. Kuenzel, K.M. Walsh andJ.A. Proudman
- Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (cgnrh-i) and neuropeptide systems reflect endocrine and behavioral changes during reproductive aging / M.A. Ottinger ... [et. al.] The Growth hormone receptor in growth and development / L.A. Cogburn, J.N.C. Mao and J. Burnside
- The Hypothalamo-pituitary growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor axis: coupling and uncoupling / S.V. Radecki and C.G. Scanes
- Pt. 3. Seasonality
- Photoperiodic and endocrine regulation of seasonal plasticity in the vocal control system of european starlings / G.F. Ball and D.J. Bernard
- Circannual rhythms in starlings / A. Dawson
- Photoperiodism in american tree sparrows: role of the thyroid gland / F.E. Wilson
- Pt. 4. Molecular aspects of reproduction
- Osteopontin in epephyseal growth plate calcification and eggshell formation / M. Pines, V. Knopov and A. Bar
- Estrogens and male reproduction: aromatase in sperm and estrogen receptors in the epididymal region / J.M. Bahr ... [et. al.]
- Control of ovarian steroidogenesis: gene expression of steroidogenic enzymes / N. Saito and K. Shimada
- Ion channel activities underlying avian granulosa cell excitability and secretion / P. Morley, G.A.R. Mealing and J.F. Whitfield
- Characteristics of the n-terminal extracellular domain of avian and reptilian gonadotropin receptors: evolutionary aspects / M.K. Park and Y. Akazome
- Ca2+ signalling in avian granulosa cells during ovarian follicular development / J. Soboloff, M. Desilets and B.K. Tsang
- Pt. 5. Behavioural aspects of reproduction.
- Neuroendocrine regulation of appetitive and consummatory aspects of male sexual behavior in japaness quail / J. Balthazart and G.F. Ball
- Neural activation at the onset of incubation / R.W. Lea, G.C. Georgiou and P.J. Sharp
- Corticosterone and behavioral responses to unpredictable events / J.C. Wingfield, C. Breuner and J. Jacobs
- Pt. 6. Osmoregulation
- An overview of avian renal function / E.J. Braun
- Hypothalamic control of osmoregulation / R. Gerstberger, A.R. Muller and T. Hubschle
- Osmoregulation by free-living birds: the need for field osmoregulatory endocrinology / D.L. Goldstein.
- Pt. 7. Metabolism
- Thyroid hormone secretion and peripheral deiodination in the chicken: hormonal and nutritional influences / V.M. Darras ... [et. al.]
- Insulin secretion / N. Rideau
- Avian gut and pancreatic endocrine cells: developmental aspects / B.B. Rawdon
- Pt. 8. Hormone actionInsulin receptors and insulin signalling / M. Taouis and J. Simon
- Intracellular mechanisms of growth hormone signaling / J. Burnside, S.K. Agarwal and L.A. Cogburn
- Growth hormone: local actions in sites of synthesis / K. L. Hull, W.C.J. Janssens and S. Harvey
- Plasticity of melatonin receptors in the avian body / D.N. Krause and M.L. Dubocovich
- Pt. 9. Neuroendocrinology
- Vasoactive intestinal peptide as the avian prolactin-releasing factor / M.E.El. Halawani, O.M. Youngren and G.R. Pitts.
- Thyrotropin-releasing hormone-related peptides and growth hormone secretion / S. Harvey, K.L. Hull and R.W. Lea
- P 450scc activity in the brain / K. Tsutsui ... [et. al.]
- Avian gonadotropin molecules: primary structure and three-dimensional conformation / S. Ishii, M. Kikuchi and H. Wako
- Pt. 10. Haematopoiesis
- Nuclear hormone receptors and cytokine membrane receptors in the control of chicken hematopoietic differentiation and leukemogenesis / J. Samarut
- Improvement of chicken disease resistance by haemopoietic cytokines / R. Boyd and C. Siatskas.