The Endocrinology of Aging

Frontmatter -- List of first-mentioned contributors -- Preface -- Contents -- The human hypothalamus in aging and dementia / Swaab, D. F. -- Age-related changes in psychoneuroendocrinological function / Heuser, I. -- Age-dependent changes in brain neurotransmitters and their influence on neuroendocrine functions / Meites, J. -- Thirst and osmoregulation in the elderly / Hensen, J. -- The neuroendocrinology of the peri- and postmenopause / Rossmanith, W. G. -- Estrogen-progestagen substitution during late postmenopause and old-age / Lauritzen, C. -- Age-dependent changes in growth hormone secretion in adults / Veldhuis, J. D. / Iranmanesh, A. -- Growth hormone and aging / Wüster, Chr. -- Diagnosis and treatment of thyroid diseases in the aging / Scherbaum, W. A. / Scholz, G. H. -- The influence of aging on thyroxine 5’-deiodinating activity in cultivated adipocyte precursors / Wolf, Ch.-F. / Kubbutat, E. / Wagner, B. / Duntas, L. / Wieberneit, J. / Keck, F. S. -- Degradation of intravenously administered thyrotropinreleasing hormone in the elderly / Duntas, L. / Grab, B. M. / Wolf, Ch.-F. / Loos, U. / Keck, F. S. -- Pituitary-adrenocortical dysfunctions in the elderly / Fehm, H. L. / Dodt, Ch. / Späth-Schwalbe, E. / Kern, W. / Born, J. -- Function of the hypothalamo-pituitary testicular axis in elderly men / Vermeulen, A. -- Diabetes mellitus in the elderly / Kerner, W. -- Osteoporosis / Ziegler, R.