Biological Rhythms and Endocrine Function

1. Front Matter

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2. Biological Rhythms

   1. Biological Rhythms

      • Franz Halberg

      Pages 1-41

3. Pineal Rhythms

   1. Endocrine Rhythms Associated with Pineal Gland Function

      • Russel J. Reiter

      Pages 43-78

   2. An Analysis of the Pineal Hydroxyindole-O-Methyl Transferase Rhythm During the Estrous Cycle of the Rat

      • E. P. Wallen, J. M. Yochim

      Pages 79-84

   3. Correlation Between Hydroxyindole-O-Methyl Transferase Rhythmicity and Reproductive Function in the Rat

      • J. M. Yochim, E. P. Wallen

      Pages 85-92

   4. Sympathetic Neural Control of Indoleamine Metabolism in the Rat Pineal Gland

      • Harry J. Lynch, Maria Hsuan, Richard J. Wurtman

      Pages 93-114

4. Gonadal Rhythms

   1. The Neural and Hormonal Bases of the Reproductive Cycle of the Rat

      • R. A. Gorski, S. P. Mennin, K. Kubo

      Pages 115-153

5. Adrenal Cortical Rhythms

   1. Effects of Various Hormones on the Pituitary-Adrenal Axis

      • Julian I. Kitay

      Pages 155-167

   2. Circadian Pituitary Adrenal Rhythms

      • Dorothy T. Krieger

      Pages 169-189

6. Back Matter

   Pages 191-194

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These Proceedinqs of the Midwest Conference on Endocrinology and Metabolism are being published by Plenum Press for the first time. Earlier Proceedings in the series Vlere published by the University of Missouri at Columbia. The shift to an internationally recognized pub­ lisher reflects the considerable growth in stature that the Midwest Con­ ferences have undergone since their inception nine years ago. Originally concerned only with the endocrinology of the thyroid, the Conferences now explore other endocrine areas. Efforts are made to assemble a panel of speakers selected from different sub-disciplines within endocrinology for the purpose of addressing a common problem. The Ninth Conference typifi es til i s approach. The format used in recent Conferences is not unique, but is unfor­ tunately encountered too rarely. A few prominent scholars are invited to come together to expound their findings and concepts in considerable depth, and to participate in a discussion which, together with the for­ mal presentation, is published in the Proceedings. The discussion, noted for its unhurried nature, permits wide participation by the audi­ ence. The subject of the Ninth Conference is one which is basic and im­ portant not only to endocrinology but also to biology in general. Many, possibly most, life processes change in a rhythmic fashion, with similar states recurring at regular time intervals. This rhythmic property of living systems expresses itself as a recognizable and definable pattern or "time-form" in a manner equivalent to the more customary spatial­ form.

• biology
• endocrinology
• growth
• metabolism
• diabetes

• Department of Dairy Husbandry, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

  Laurence W. Hedlund

• Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

  John M. Franz

• Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA

  Alexander D. Kenny

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