Psychoneuroendocrine Dysfunction

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction Psychoneuropharmacology and Neuroendocrinology Implications in Neuropsychiatric Research

   • Arunkumar B. Shah, Nandkumar S. Shah, Donald W. Morgan, Alexander G. Donald

   Pages 1-14

3. Neuroendocrinology and Brain Peptides An Emerging New Frontier in Neurobiology

   • Joseph B. Martin

   Pages 15-40

4. Neuropharmacological Influences on Hypothalamic—Pituitary Secretion

   • Ermanno Rolandi, Tommaso Barreca

   Pages 41-71

5. TRH Interactions with Cholinergic Mechanisms and Consequent Therapeutic Implications

   • George G. Yarbrough

   Pages 73-81

6. Calcitonin as an Anorectic Agent

   • William J. Freed, Lloyd A. Bing, Arnold E. Andersen, Richard Jed Wyatt

   Pages 83-109

7. Gonadal Dysfunction in Anorexia Nervosa

   • S. Richardson, G. Tolis

   Pages 111-127

8. Abnormalities in Anorexia Nervosa of Dexamethasone Suppression Test and Urinary MHPG Suggest a Norepinephrine Hypothesis

   • Harry E. Gwirtsman, Robert H. Gerner, Harvey A. Sternbach

   Pages 129-140

9. Role of Brain Monoamines and Peptides in the Regulation of Male Sexual Behavior

   • G. Serra, G. L. Gessa

   Pages 141-155

10. Plasma Catecholamines as an Index of a Neuroendocrine Response

    • Irwin J. Kopin

    Pages 157-171

11. Nonspecific Pituitary Responses to Hypothalamic Hormones in Basic and Clinical Research

    • Daniela Cocchi, Vittorio Locatelli, Eugenio E. Müller

    Pages 173-208

12. Neuroendocrine Studies in Huntington’s Disease

    • Raymon Durso, Stefano A. Ruggieri, Alessandro Denaro, Carol A. Tamminga

    Pages 209-230

13. ACTH4–10

    • D. A. Powell, Shirley L. Buchanan

    Pages 231-242

14. ACTH4–10 and Memory in Psychiatric Patients

    • Giacomo D’Elia, Svend-Otto Frederiksen

    Pages 243-254

15. Vasopressin in Neuropsychiatric Disorders

    • J. J. Legros, Ioana Lancranjan

    Pages 255-278

16. Endogenous Opiate Systems May Modulate Learning and Memory

    • Gayle A. Olson, Richard D. Olson, Abba J. Kastin, David H. Coy

    Pages 279-292

17. Possible Role of Opioids in Mental Disorders

    • H. M. Emrich

    Pages 293-307

18. Endogenous Opioid Peptides in Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders

    • Frăncesca Brambilla, Andrea Genazzani, Fabio Facchinetti

    Pages 309-329

19. Changes of Brain Monoamines in the Animal Model for Depression

    • Noboru Hatotani, Junichi Nomura, Isao Kitayama

    Pages 331-342

20. Psychoendocrinology of Depression

    • Gregory M. Brown, Paul Grof, Eva Grof

    Pages 343-356

There is no area in medicine that has affected biological psychiatry more pro­ 15 years in en­ foundly than the developments that have occurred in the last docrinology and more specifically in neuroendocrinology. In the 1960s, the regulation of endocrine function was considered to rest primarily in the feed­ back system between the pituitary and the secretions of various target organs. In R. H. Williams' Fourth Edition of the Textbook of Endocrinology published in 1968, the chapter on neuroendocrinology did refer to the median eminence gland with a relatively brief mention of various releasing factors that were the subject of ongoing studies. Only six years later, in the Fifth Edition published in 1974, Seymour Reichlin's chapter on neuroendocrinology listed nine specific hypothalamic releasing factors of which three had already been isolated and purified and thus were referred to as hormones. Most recently in the current Sixth Edition, published in 1981, the chapter on neuroendocrinology contains a detailed description of the physiology of the various hypothalamic releasing factors and hormones, but also significant emphasis is given to the various neurotransmitters that have been shown to regulate the synthesis and release of these important hypothalamic hormones. In addition, there appeared for the first time in this classic textbook a chapter on psychoendocrinology. One may wonder why there is so much interest not only in endocrinology but more recently in psychology and psychiatry about psychoneuroendocrine It has been known for some time function. Several reasons may be suggested.

• brain
• depression
• endocrinology
• hormone
• memory
• nervous system
• neurobiology
• neuroendocrinology
• neurology
• neurotransmitter
• pharmacology
• physiology
• psychiatry
• psychology
• schizophrenia

• Ensor Foundation Research Laboratory, William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute, Columbia, USA

  Nandkumar S. Shah

• Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, USA

  Nandkumar S. Shah, Alexander G. Donald

• William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute, Columbia, USA

  Alexander G. Donald

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