Activins and inhibins: Physiological roles, signaling mechanisms and regulation -- Twins and the fetal origins hypothesis: An application to growth data -- Towards Understanding the Neurobiology of Mammalian Puberty: Genetic, Genomic and Proteomic Approaches -- The non-genomic Action of Sex Steroids -- Mechanisms of Steroid Hormone Actions on Hypothalamic Nerve Cells: Molecular and Biophysical …
Architecture of the peripheral nerve -- Clinical evaluation and differential diagnosis -- Elecrodiagnostic evaluation of hereditary polyneuropaties -- Principles of pathology and nerve biopsy -- Overview of the classification and genetics of hereditary peripheral neuropathies and rare unclassified forms -- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 (CMT1) and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pre…
Basic Physiology of the Growth Hormone/Insulin-Like Growth Factor Axis -- Experimental Models for Understanding the Role of Insulin-like Growth Factor-I and Its Receptor During Development -- Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Proteins in Development -- Growth Hormone, Insulin-like Growth Factors and the Female Reproductive System -- Skeletal Muscle -- Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems -- …
Estrogens in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: From Physiology to Pathophysiology -- Estrogens and Schizophrenia -- Gender Differences in Schizophrenia -- Puberty and Schizophrenia Onset -- Clinical Estrogen Trials in Patients with Schizophrenia -- Hypoestrogenism and Estrogen Replacement Therapy in Women Suffering from Schizophrenia -- The Effect of Estrogens on Depression -- Estrogens and Other Hor…
Principles of diffusion-weighted imaging -- Normal brain and artifacts -- Brain edema: Classification. Cytotoxic edema. Edema of neuron and glial cell. Intramyelinic edema. Axonal edema. Vasogenic edema -- Infarction: Arterial infarction. Venous infarction -- Dementia: Alzheimer's. Multi-infarct dementia. Other dementias. HIV dementia -- Hemorrhage -- Vasculitis/Vasculopathy: Behcet. Systemic l…
La sclerosi multipla -- Studi sui costi di malattia: aspetti metodologici -- Costi di malattia: revisione degli studi europei e nordamericani -- Costi di malattia: revisione degli studi italiani -- Studi farmacoeconomici: aspetti metodologici -- Studi farmacoeconomici: revisione della letteratura.La sclerosi multipla (SM) rappresenta la seconda causa di disabilità neurologica nel giovane adult…
Evolution and Pathogenesis of the Involvement of the Cardiovascular System in HIV Infection -- Pathogenesis of HAART-Associated Metabolic Syndrome -- Pathology of Cardiac Complications in HIV Infection -- Pathology of Peripheral and Coronary Vessels in AIDS Patients -- Coronary Heart Disease in HIV-Infected Patients: Epidemiology -- Coronary Artery Disease in HIV-Infected Patients: Clinical Pre…
and historical overview -- Phytochemistry -- St. John’s Wort and its active principles in depression and anxiety — A critical analysis of receptor binding studies -- Effects on transmitter uptake and their cellular and molecular basis -- Modulation of neurotransmitter release and metabolism -- Efficacy in behavioural models of antidepressant activity -- Comparative preclinical antidepressan…
Tools -- Cranial nerves -- Plexopathies -- Radiculopathies -- Mononeuropathies -- Mononeuropathies: upper extremities -- Mononeuropathies: trunk -- Mononeuropathies: lower extremities -- Polyneuropathies -- Neuromuscular transmission disorders and other conditions -- Muscle and myotonic diseases -- Motor neuron disease.The atlas is a comprehensive outline of neuromuscular diseases, written by e…
Editorial -- The aging of the population: a growing concern for spine care in the twenty-first century -- Review -- Natural history of the aging spine -- Overview of osteoporosis: pathophysiology and determinants of bone strength -- Biomechanics of the aging spine -- Recognizing and reporting osteoporotic vertebral fractures -- Principles of management of osteometabolic disorders affecting the …