Rev. ed. of: The Endocrine functions of the brain. c1980

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents: Neuroregulatory peptides -- Regulatory peptides in the neuroendocrine system -- Sexual differentiation of the endocrine brain and its control -- Neurosteroids : biosynthesis and function of pregnenolone and dehydroepiandrosterone in the brain -- Corticosteroid receptors in the brain -- Emerging tenets in the mechanism of gonadal steroid action of hypothalamic neurons -- Steroid-peptide interactions in the endocrine brain -- Opioid peptides and pituitary function -- Hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone -- Growth hormone-releasing hormone -- Growth hormone release inhibiting hormone -- Thyrotropin-releasing hormone -- Corticotropin-releasing hormone -- Neurohypophysial hormones and the brain -- Role of the endocrine brain in the contol of hypertension -- Role of the endocrine brain in the control of eating -- Aging of the endocrine brain