...François Delange Systematic screening for congenital hypothyroidism in the neonate constitutes a major progress in the prevention of mental retardation, as the condition occurs in 1/4,000 newborns and necessarily results in brain damage if not properly detected and treated during the first days...

...Fred Nyberg; Pia Burman During the past few years, there has been increasing interest in functions that growth hormone (GH) may play in the central nervous system. Accumulating evidence that the hormone may pass the blood-brain barrier and the psychological improvements seen in adults following GH...

...H.D. Mosier 2 12 2008 Horm Res 1988:30:77-83 Growth Failure in the Head-Irradiated Rat IID. Mosier Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine, Calif., USA KeyWords. Brain Growth Catch-upgrowth Irradiation Proportionate growth Rat Introduction Methods...

...Sherin U. Devaskar; Nicholas Holekamp; Lynn Karycki; Uday P. Devaskar We delineated the ontogeny of the brain insulin binding, insulin receptor number and affinity using plasma membranes isolated from the rabbit. Specific 125 I-insulin binding and receptor number expressed per milligram of protein...

...Gabriella Morreale de Escobar; Maria Jesus Obregon; Francisco Escobar del Rey It is well known that insufficient production of thyroid hormones during the fetal and neonatal period of development may result in permanent brain damage unless treatment with thyroid hormone is instituted very soon...

...Andrew Powers; Donald C. Johnson Hemipituitaries and various brain fragments from female albino rats were coincubated in the presence or absence of veratrine (a depolarizing agent). The release of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH...

...) that are involved in the processing of social perceptions. IGF-I receptors have been discovered in the amygdala and prefrontal cortex, which contribute to the neural circuits known as the ‘social brain’. The evaluation of emotional, social and behavioural adjustment among children who have deficiencies in GH or IGF...

..., and of the autocrine/paracrine GH system within the brain are considered. The potential role of GH as a therapeutic agent to influence brain development and function is discussed. Careful consideration of these studies [ 27 ] raises the possibility that GH conveys its protective effects through a separate...

... different effects on brain maturation sites during the first 2 years of life and that some subtle neurocognitive deficits are probably unavoidable. 2 08 2003 13 12 2003 2 3 2004 © 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel 2004 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved...

... known functions of oxytocin outside pregnancy. It is now known that oxytocin receptors can occur almost ubiquitously in the organism, that oxytocin is also formed outside of the brain and that oxytocin has functions in a number of organs. In the first part of the survey, stimuli that contribute...

..., the biological effects and the selectivity of newly synthesized CCK 4 analogs constructed by computer modelling experiments were investigated in vitro in rat pancreas and brain, INS-1 cells, and guinea pig ileum. Exchanging various amino acids, e.g. Met by either Pro or Nle, and modifying Phe by adding various...