New Human Growth Hormone Research

Growth hormone (GH) or somatotropin (STH) is a protein hormone that stimulates growth and cell reproduction in humans and other animals. It is a 191-amino acid; single chain polypeptide hormone which is synthesised, stored, and secreted by the somatotroph cells within the lateral wings of the anterior pituitary gland. HGH promotes growth in children and plays an important role in adult metabolism. The body secretes the hormone, in decreasing amounts, throughout our lifetimes. The amount of hormone in the body can be measured by levels of IGF-1 (Insulin Growth Factor). Growth hormone has a profound effect on all the cells of the body, more than any other hormone because it is the cell generator. This book presents the latest research in the field.

Preface; The Optimisation of Growth Hormone Therapy in Children with Short Stature: New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches; Growth Hormone Response to Apomorphine and Clonidine Stimulation in Psychiatric Disorders; Growth Hormone Responses to Exercise: Recent Findings and Future Directions; Growth Hormone Administration: Physiological, Morphological and Metabolic Effects; Growth Hormone System and Immune Function; The GH Response to Physical Exercise in Children and Adolescents -- Physiological Patterns and Alterations in Dysmetabolic States.; Growth Hormone Effects on Heart and Body Composition in Girls with Turner Syndrome; Regulation of Growth Hormone Signaling -- A Tale of Two Inhibitors; Index.