Main description:

This volume of Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science focuses on the growth hormone in health and disease.

Contents:

1. Ghrelin Actions on Somatotropic and Gonadotropic Function in Humans Giovanna Motta, Stefano Allasia, Ezio Ghigo and Fabio Lanfranco 2. Deconstructing the GH Receptor: Physical and Metabolic Phenotypes of Tissue-specific GH Receptor gene Disrupted Mice Jonathan A. Young, Edward O. List and John J. Kopchick 3. Regulation of GH by the Splanchnic Area Silvia Barja-Fernandez, Cintia Folgueira, Cecilia Castelao, Rosaura Leis, Ana B. Crujeiras, Felipe F. Casanueva and Luisa M. Seoane 4. The Modern Criteria for Medical Management of Acromegaly Stefano Frara, Filippo Maffezzoni, Gherardo Mazziotti and Andrea Giustina 5. Genetic Predictors of rResponse to Different Medical Therapies in Acromegaly Ana M. Ramos-Levi, Ignacio Bernabeu, Miguel Sampedro-Nunez and Monica Marazuela 6. Neurosurgical Treatment of Acromegaly Michael Buchfelder and Julian Feulner 7. The Burden of GH Deficiency and Excess in Children Hugo L. Fideleff, Hugo R. Boquete, Martha G. Suarez and Miriam Azaretzky 8. GH and Pituitary Hormone Alterations after Traumatic Brain Injury Zuleyha Karaca, Fatih Tanriverdi, Kursad UEnluhizarci and Fahrettin Kelestimur 9. Effects of Growth Hormone on Bone Nicholas A. Tritos and Anne Klibanski