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The Brain as an Endocrine Organ

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Margo Panush Cohen

    1. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, USA
      Institute for Metabolic Research, University City Science Center, Philadelphia, USA

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  2. Piero P. Foà

    1. Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
      Department of Research, Sinai Hospital, Detroit, USA
      West Bloomfield, USA

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Part of the book series: Endocrinology and Metabolism (EAM, volume 3)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Gonadotropin Releasing Hormones: Physiopathology and Clinical Applications

    • Kamran S. Moghissi
    Pages 1-13

  3. Corticotropin-Releasing Factors

    • Lynnette K. Nieman, D. Lynn Loriaux, George P. Chrousos
    Pages 14-45

  4. The Neurobiology of Anorexia Nervosa: An Auto-Addiction?

    • Mary Ann Marrazzi, Elliot D. Luby
    Pages 46-95

  5. The Pineal and Its Indole Products: Basic Aspects and Clinical Applications

    • Russel J. Reiter
    Pages 96-149

  6. Neuropeptides and Glucose Metabolism

    • Hideo Sasaki, Seijiro Marubashi, Yoshikazu Yawata, Keiichi Yamatani, Makoto Tominaga, Tadashi Katagiri
    Pages 150-192

  7. Feedback Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion

    • Shlomo Melmed
    Pages 193-209

  8. Brain Adenosine and Purinergic Modulation of Central Nervous System Excitability

    • J. W. Phillis
    Pages 210-249

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 251-269
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In the middle of the 17th century, the great French philosopher Rene Descartes wrote (L'Homme, J. Le Gras, Paris, 1669) that a suitable stimulation of the brain results in two types of "movements": exterior movements, designed to seek desirable ends and to avoid undesirable or harmful ones and interior movements or "passions" which through the release of "animal spirits" regulate the heart, the liver, and other organs. When it appears appropriate to meet a threat with force, the passion of rage causes the release of strong spirits, whereas when avoidance appears to be the better choice, the passion of fear causes the brain to release weak spirits. We do not know what influence, if any, Descartes had on the thinking of Walter B. Cannon (Bodily Changes in Pain, Hunger, Fear and Rage, Appleton and Co. , New York, 1920), of Hans Selye (The Story of the Adaptation Syndrome, Acta, Inc. , Montreal, 1952), ofG. W. Harris or of R. Guillemin (Hypothalamic-Hypophysial Interrelationships. A Sym­ posium. c. c. Thomas, Springfield, 1956), but it is interesting to reflect upon the durable value of great ideas which constantly resurface even if modified by other ideas and by new techniques, as if propelled by a preordained intellectual imperative.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, USA

    Margo Panush Cohen

  • Institute for Metabolic Research, University City Science Center, Philadelphia, USA

    Margo Panush Cohen

  • Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

    Piero P. Foà

  • Department of Research, Sinai Hospital, Detroit, USA

    Piero P. Foà

  • West Bloomfield, USA

    Piero P. Foà

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