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Abhaya Krishnan Department of Biochemistry, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

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Sridhar Muthusami Department of Biochemistry, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

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on documenting the available information delineating various hormonal factors and their relevance to alterations in bone mass of women suffering from PCOS. The hormonal factors include GnRH, LH/FSH ratio, estrogens, androgens, insulin, cortisol

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Clive W Coen Reproductive Neurobiology, Division of Women's Health, School of Medicine, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK

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secretion of gonadotrophic hormone … [and yet] (b) the anterior lobe of the pituitary has at most a very scanty nerve supply’. Despite his focus on reproduction and the unsolved mystery about the route by which hormone-releasing signals access the pituitary

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A P Santos-Silva Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Laboratory of Morphofunctional Analysis, Laboratory of Neurophysiology

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E Oliveira Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Laboratory of Morphofunctional Analysis, Laboratory of Neurophysiology

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C R Pinheiro Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Laboratory of Morphofunctional Analysis, Laboratory of Neurophysiology

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A C Santana Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Laboratory of Morphofunctional Analysis, Laboratory of Neurophysiology

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C C Nascimento-Saba Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Laboratory of Morphofunctional Analysis, Laboratory of Neurophysiology

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Y Abreu-Villaça Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Laboratory of Morphofunctional Analysis, Laboratory of Neurophysiology

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E G Moura Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Laboratory of Morphofunctional Analysis, Laboratory of Neurophysiology

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P C Lisboa Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Laboratory of Morphofunctional Analysis, Laboratory of Neurophysiology

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weight and food intake were monitored every 4 days. We decapitated two pups per litter at weaning as well as at 180 days, with no prior anesthesia because anesthesia affects hormone and lipid metabolism. Blood samples, adipose tissue, and adrenal gland

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C R Liu Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development, Department of Pathology, Ministry of Health China, Endocrinology Institute of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Medical Institute, Tianjin 300070, China

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L Y Li
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F Shi
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X Y Zang
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Y M Liu Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development, Department of Pathology, Ministry of Health China, Endocrinology Institute of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Medical Institute, Tianjin 300070, China

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Y Sun
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B H Kan
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Introduction The heart is a major target organ for thyroid hormone (tri-iodothyronine, T 3 ) action. Thyroid hormone exerts its biological effects largely by influencing thyroid hormone-regulated gene expression via interactions with the high

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Andréa Gonçalves Trentin Departatmento Biologia Celular, Embriologia e Genética, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário, 88040-900, Trindade, Florianópolis, S.C., Brazil

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& Robitaille 2003 , Nedergaard et al. 2003 , Bachoo et al. 2004 ). Astrocytes are mediators of thyroid hormone metabolism in the brain The importance of thyroid hormone for normal brain development is well documented

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Marian Ludgate School of Medicine, Centre for Endocrine and Diabetes Sciences, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK

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In a paper entitled ‘Influence of thyroidectomy on thyroxine metabolism and turnover rate in rats’, Nagao et al . (2011) have investigated thyroid hormone kinetics in the hypothyroid state. In a number of carefully performed studies, which rely

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C H J Verhoelst
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V M Darras
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S A Roelens
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G M Artykbaeva
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S Van der Geyten
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Introduction It is well established that thyroid hormones play a crucial role in vertebrate development in general and in brain development and maturation in particular. The impact of thyroid hormones (THS) on the development of the

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A J W Hsueh Division of Reproductive Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, California, 94305-5317, USA
Endocrinology Unit and EA 1533, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Genetics of Human Reproduction, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 rue de Fg St Antoine, 75012, Paris, France

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P Bouchard Division of Reproductive Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, California, 94305-5317, USA
Endocrinology Unit and EA 1533, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Genetics of Human Reproduction, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 rue de Fg St Antoine, 75012, Paris, France

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I Ben-Shlomo Division of Reproductive Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, California, 94305-5317, USA
Endocrinology Unit and EA 1533, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Genetics of Human Reproduction, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 rue de Fg St Antoine, 75012, Paris, France

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In 1905, Ernest Starling published four landmark Croonian lectures, entitled The chemical correlation of the functions of the body. Dr Starling used the term hormone for the first time in his initial lecture, The chemical control of the functions

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John A H Wass Department of Endocrinology, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Old Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK

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Raghava Reddy Department of Endocrinology, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Old Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK

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Introduction Much has been written about the effects of growth hormone (GH) replacement therapy in GH-deficient human subjects on growth, body composition, cardiovascular risk factors, bone and muscle development and quality of life. When properly

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John T Potts Endocrine Unit, Department of Medicine, The Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 149 Thirteenth Street, Room 4013, Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA

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be described over the last hundred years. These include determination of the physiological function of the parathyroids, the pathophysiology due to hormone excess or deficiency, chemical characterization and synthesis of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and

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