Neuroendocrinology

Donald W. Pfaff heads the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior at The Rockefeller University. He received his scientific training at Harvard College and MIT. He is a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Pfaff's laboratory focuses on steroid hormones and brain function, genes influencing neuronal functions, and generalized CNS arousal. He is the author or coauthor of over 10 books and more than 900 research publications.

• 1. Cellular signalling: peptide hormones and growth factors B.I. Posner and S.A. Laporte (Quebec, Canada) 2. Neuroendocrine control of energy homeostasis: update on new insights S.P. Kalra and P.S. Kalra (Florida, US) 3. Reproductive behaviors: new developments in concepts and in molecular mechanisms Z.M. Weil, G. Murakami and D.W. Pfaff (NY, USA) 4. Interactions between the immune and neuroendocrine systemsS. Rivest (Quebec, Canada) 5. Physiological roles of the kisspeptin/GPR54 system in the neuroendocrine control of reproductionR. Pineda, E. Aguilar, L. Pinilla and M. Tena-Sempere (Córdoba, Spain) 6. Regulation of complex pulsatile and rhythmic neuroendocrine systems: the male gonadal axis as a prototypeJ.D. Veldhuis, D.M. Keenan and S.M. Pincus (Minnesota, Virginia and Connecticut, USA)7. Physiological significance of the rhythmic secretion of hypothalamic and pituitary hormonesE.-H. Gan and R. Quinton (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK)8. Melatonin: a multitasking moleculeR.J. Reiter, D.-X. Tan and L. Fuentes-Broto (Texas, USA) 9. Modulation of steroid hormone receptor activityV. Staniši 10. The intracrine sex steroid biosynthesis pathwaysV. Luu-The and F. Labrie (Quebec, Canada) 11. Steroidogenic enzymes in the brain: morphological aspectsG. Pelletier (Quebec, Canada).12. The multiple roles of estrogens and the enzyme aromataseW.C. Boon, J.D.Y. Chow and E.R. Simpson (Victoria, Australia) 13. ERb in CNS: new roles in development and functionX. Fan, H. Xu, M. Warner and J.-Å. Gustafsson (Chongqing, China, Huddinge, Sweden and Texas, USA) 14. Interactions of estradiol and insulin-like growth factor-I signalling in the nervous system: New advancesL.M. Garcia-Segura, M.-A. Ar 15. A hormonal contraceptive for men: how close are we?I. Huhtaniemi (London, UK)