Pituitary: basic and neuroendocrinology

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Previous research has revealed that natural and synthetic pheromones can enhance ratings of opposite sex attractiveness. The present study investigated the effects of exposure to male axillary secretions on female ratings of the sexual attractiveness of male stimuli. Thirty-two female undergraduates, half of whom were contraceptive pill users, rated male vignette characters and photographs of m...

Stress: Neuroendocrinology and Neurobiology

Stress: Neurobiology and Neuroendocrinology

quality for a diverse collection of authors, and many of these authors are well known for their contributions to the body of AIDS research. Despite this book's high quality, it is an unusually expensive product aimed at a relatively narrow audience. A scientist who is not involved in AIDS issues would be better served by a more general and comprehensive reference. Conversely, any one particular...

60 YEARS OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY: The posterior pituitary, from Geoffrey Harris to our present understanding.

Geoffrey Harris pioneered our understanding of the posterior pituitary, mainly with experiments that involved the electrical stimulation of the supraoptico-hypophysial tract. In the present essay, we explain how his observations included clues to the pulsatile nature of the oxytocin signal - clues that were followed up by subsequent workers, including his students and their students. These stud...

Clinical Neuroendocrinology and Neuroendocrine Tumors

Background/Aim: Tumors exhibiting constitutively activated PI(3)K/Akt/mTOR signaling are hypersensitive to mTOR inhibitors such as RAD001 (everolimus) which is presently being investigated in clinical phase II trials in various tumor entities, including neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). However, no preclinical data about the effects of RAD001 on NET cells have been published. In this study, we aime...