Developing Areas of Neuroendocrine Research --;The Control of Gonadotropin Secretion --;Growth Hormone Neuroregulation I --;The Control and Function of the Opiate Pathways --;Growth Hormone Neuroregulation II --;The Future of Neuroendocrine Research --;Author Index --;Subject Index.
But it is only very recently that the investigation of normal and abnormal anterior pituitary growth has reached the forefront of neuroendocrine research. The anterior pituitary gland produces numerous growth factors that exert a variety of functional effects on pituitary hormone synthesis and release.