Endocrinology Adult and Pediatric: Neuroendocrinology and the Pituitary Gland

Apply the latest advances in management of neuroendocrine and pituitary disorders with the Neuroendocrinology & The Pituitary Gland! Brought to you by the same expert endocrinologists responsible for the highly acclaimed two-volume textbook, Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric, this derivative book presents a compilation of chapters covering all material related to neuroendocrinology and the pituitary gland. Never before available as a stand-alone offering, this content will enable you to give your patients the benefit of today's best neuroendocrine and pituitary know-how from the leading resource in endocrinology. By Shlomo Melmed, MD MD, Senior Vice President and Dean of the Faculty, Cedars Sinai Health System, Los Angeles California Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean, UCLA School of Medicine; Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine and Chairman, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL and Leslie J. De Groot, MD, Professor of Medicine and Radiology and Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Table of Contents: 1. Development of the Pituitary 2. Prolactin 3. Adrenocotricotropic Hormone 4. Endocrine Rhythms, The Sleep-Wake Cycle, and Biological Clocks 5. Hypothalamic Syndromes 6. Hypopituitarism and Growth Hormone Deficiency 7. Acromegaly 8. Cushing’s Syndrome 9. Clinically Nonfunctioning Sellar Masses 10. Tsh-Producing Adenomas 11. Disorders of Prolactin Secretion and Prolactinomas 12. Pituitary Surgery 13. Evaluation and Management of Childhood Hypothalamic and Pituitary Tumors 14. Vasopressin, Diabetes Insipidus, and the Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion 15. The Pineal Gland and Melatonin 16. Regulation of Growth Hormone and Action (Secretagogues) 17. Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 and its Binding Proteins 18. Somatic Growth and Maturation 19. Growth Hormone Deficiency in Children