Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: ADU: Anxiety Disorder Unspecified; NHANES: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; BMI: Body Mass Index; NESARC: National Epidemiologic Study of Alcohol and Related Conditions; HPA: Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal; CRH: Corticotrophin Releasing Hormone; AVP: Arginine Vasopressin; ACTH: Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; GAD: Genera...

This particular edition is edited by Dr. Maurice Scanlon of Cardiff, a well-known figure in the field, and provides a reasonably comprehensive update of recent progress in neuroendocrinology. Among the chapter topics are the investigation of hypothalmic pituitary disease, current approaches to radiology of the region and medical and surgical management of pituitary adenomas. There is also a cha...

This particular edition is edited by Dr. Maurice Scanlon of Cardiff, a well-known figure in the field, and provides a reasonably comprehensive update of recent progress in neuroendocrinology. Among the chapter topics are the investigation of hypothalmic pituitary disease, current approaches to radiology of the region and medical and surgical management of pituitary adenomas. There is also a cha...

Many common problems encountered in the ageing patient can be related to neuroendocrine phenomena. These include Alzheimer's disease, dementia and cognitive dysfunction, depression, Parkinson's disease, hyponatraemia and the postmenopausal increase in both vascular risk and osteoporosis. This review concentrates on the hypothalamic neuroendocrine system, including the dopaminergic, noradrenergi...

Prolactin-releasing peptide and corticotrophin-releasing hormone R-00402-2003.R1 2 Prolactin-releasing peptide (PrRP) reduces food intake and body weight, and modifies body temperature when administered centrally in rats, suggesting a role in energy homeostasis. However, the mediators of PrRP's actions are unknown. The present study, therefore, firstly examined the possible involvement of the a...

JANUARY 2009 I REVIEW OF ENDOCRINOLOGY I 19 C ushing’s syndrome is the clinical manifestation of glucocorticoid excess. When the most common cause, exogenous glucocorticoid intake, is excluded, one is left with a group of disorders in which a tumor (or rarely hyperplastic tissue) either produces excess cortisol or stimulates excess cortisol production indirectly through overproduction of either...

Gamma aminobutyrate (GABA) is a non-protein amino acid that is thought to play an important role in the modulation of the central response to stress. Mechanisms by which GABA may facilitate these responses to stress are metabolic and/or mechanical disruptions. Environmental stresses increase GABA accumulation through cytosolic acidification, induce an acidic pH-dependent activation of glutamate...

gamma aminobutyrate (gaba) is a non-protein amino acid that is thought to play an important role in the modulation of the central response to stress. mechanisms by which gaba may facilitate these responses to stress are metabolic and/or mechanical disruptions. environmental stresses increase gaba accumulation through cytosolic acidification, induce an acidic ph-dependent activation of glutamate...

A 68-year-old woman was admitted to determine the pathogenesis of weight loss and polyuria. Physical findings on admission showed BMI of 20.9, blood pressure of 147/69 mmHg, and that she had ciliac, axillar and pubic hair loss. Laboratory findings showed that plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) was 4.6 pg/mL with serum cortisol of 1.2 µg/dL. Serum luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-sti...