Main description:

First published in 1943, Vitamins and Hormones is the longest-running serial published by Academic Press. The Editorial Board now reflects expertise in the field of hormone action, vitamin action, X-ray crystal structure, physiology and enzyme mechanisms.

Under the capable and qualified editorial leadership of Dr. Gerald Litwack, Vitamins and Hormones continues to publish cutting-edge reviews of interest to endocrinologists, biochemists, nutritionists, pharmacologists, cell biologists and molecular biologists. Others interested in the structure and function of biologically active molecules like hormones and vitamins will, as always, turn to this series for comprehensive reviews by leading contributors to this and related disciplines.

This volume focuses on anorexia.

Contents:

Novel Neuropeptides in the Control of Food Intake: Neuronostatin and Nesfatin-1
Gina L.C. Yosten
Anorexia and Hypothalamic Degeneration
Ida A.K. Nilsson, Charlotte Lindfors, Martin Schalling, Tomas Hoekfelt, and Jeanette E. Johansen
The Role of Ghrelin in Anorexia-Cachexia Syndromes
Bobby Guillory, Andres Splenser, and Jose Garcia
Ghrelin Gene Variants and Eating Disorders
Tetsuya Ando
Steroid Metabolism and Excretion in Anorexia Nervosa
Wassif Samuel Wassif and Andrew Rashad Ross
Anorexia Nervosa and Estrogen Receptors
Nicolas Ramoz, Audrey Versini, and Philip Gorwood
Cannabinoid Receptors and Cholecystokinin in Feeding Inhibition
Francisco Alen Farinas, M. Teresa Ramirez-Lopez, Raquel Gomez de Heras, Fernando Rodriguez de Fonseca, and Laura Orio
Treatment of Cachexia: Melanocortin and Ghrelin Interventions
Jeremy Steinman and Mark Daniel DeBoer
The Influence of Estrogen Therapies on Bone Mineral Density in Premenopausal Women with Anorexia Nervosa and Amenorrhea
Jocelyn Lebow and Leslie Sim
Clinical and Hormonal Variables Related to Bone Mass Loss in Anorexia Nervosa Patients
Maria Luisa Fernandez-Soto, Amalia Gonzalez-Jimenez, Marta Chamorro- Fernandez, and Socorro Leyva-Martinez
Mechanism-Based Therapeutic Approaches to Cachexia
Fabio Penna, Gabriella Bonelli, Francesco M. Baccino, and Paola Costelli
Cisplatin-Induced Anorexia and Ghrelin
Tomohisa Hattori, Koji Yakabi, and Hiroshi Takeda
Anorexia of Aging
Zbigniew Kmiec, Erika Petervari, Marta Balasko, and Miklos Szekely