PART I Molecular Specification of Hypothalamic/Pituitary Cells
Chapter 1: M Placzek, T Fu, M Towers: Development of the neuroendocrine hypothalamus
Chapter 2: G Alvarez-Bolado: Sonic hedgehog in hypothalamus development
Chapter 3: N Moreno, A Gonzalez: Development of the Xenopus hypothalamus
Chapter 4: J Lee, C Huisman, S Lee: Gene regulatory network for specification of hypothalamic arcuate nucleus neurons.
Chapter 5: DWT Kim, S Blackshaw: Winding the clock: development of hypothalamic structures controlling biological timing and sleep.
Chapter 6: AZ Daly, S Camper: Pituitary Development and Organogenesis: Transcription factors in development and disease
PART II Developmental Modulators and epigenetic factors
Chapter 7: S Tobet, M Stratton: Hypothalamic development: role of GABA
Chapter 8: CF Aylwin A Lomniczi: Epigenetic and transcriptional regulation of the reproductive hypothalamus
Chapter 9: E Terasawa and JP Kurian: Epigenetic Regulation of the GnRH and Kiss1 genes: Developmental Perspectives
Chapter 10: M Pulix, A Plagge: Imprinted genes and hypothalamic function.
Chaper 11: CS Coyle, E Tolla, TJ Stevenson: Rhythmic epigenetics in neuroendocrine and immune systems
PART III Development of Neuroendocrine Circuits
Chapter 12: NS Canteras, D Lin, J Corbin: Development of limbic system stress-regulatory circuitry
Chapter 13: L Rinaman: Organization and Postnatal Development of Visceral Sensory Inputs to the Neuroendocrine Hypothalamus
Chapter 14: LL DonCarlos, JA Chowen: Astrocytes and development of neuroendocrine circuits
Chapter 15: MM McCarthy: Origins of Sex Differentiation of Brain and Behavior
Chapter 16: N Gottlieb, J Moeller, LJ Kriegsfeld: Development and Modulation of Female Reproductive Function by Circadian Signals