β Scribed by Franz Halberg (auth.), Laurence W. Hedlund, John M. Franz, Alexander D. Kenny (eds.)
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These Proceedinqs of the Midwest Conference on Endocrinology and Metabolism are being published by Plenum Press for the first time. Earlier Proceedings in the series Vlere published by the University of Missouri at Columbia. The shift to an internationally recognized pubΒ lisher reflects the considerable growth in stature that the Midwest ConΒ ferences have undergone since their inception nine years ago. Originally concerned only with the endocrinology of the thyroid, the Conferences now explore other endocrine areas. Efforts are made to assemble a panel of speakers selected from different sub-disciplines within endocrinology for the purpose of addressing a common problem. The Ninth Conference typifi es til i s approach. The format used in recent Conferences is not unique, but is unforΒ tunately encountered too rarely. A few prominent scholars are invited to come together to expound their findings and concepts in considerable depth, and to participate in a discussion which, together with the forΒ mal presentation, is published in the Proceedings. The discussion, noted for its unhurried nature, permits wide participation by the audiΒ ence. The subject of the Ninth Conference is one which is basic and imΒ portant not only to endocrinology but also to biology in general. Many, possibly most, life processes change in a rhythmic fashion, with similar states recurring at regular time intervals. This rhythmic property of living systems expresses itself as a recognizable and definable pattern or "time-form" in a manner equivalent to the more customary spatialΒ form.
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Biological Rhythms....Pages 1-41
Endocrine Rhythms Associated with Pineal Gland Function....Pages 43-78
An Analysis of the Pineal Hydroxyindole-O-Methyl Transferase Rhythm During the Estrous Cycle of the Rat....Pages 79-84
Correlation Between Hydroxyindole-O-Methyl Transferase Rhythmicity and Reproductive Function in the Rat....Pages 85-92
Sympathetic Neural Control of Indoleamine Metabolism in the Rat Pineal Gland....Pages 93-114
The Neural and Hormonal Bases of the Reproductive Cycle of the Rat....Pages 115-153
Effects of Various Hormones on the Pituitary-Adrenal Axis....Pages 155-167
Circadian Pituitary Adrenal Rhythms....Pages 169-189
Back Matter....Pages 191-194
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