Growth factors and hormones

Introduction - The biology of receptors. Nerve growth factor receptors in the developing nervous system. Opioid growth factor receptor in the developing nervous system. Transferrin and the developing nervous system. Ontogenic profile of epidermal growth factor receptors in rat brain. Somatostatin receptors in the developing nervous system. Developmental regulation of the insulin and insulin-like growth factor receptors in the central nervous system. Thyroid receptors in the developing nervous system. Corticortropin-releasing hormone (CRH) receptors and the developing nervous system. Corticosteroid receptors in the rat brain and pituitary during development and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) function. Estrogen receptors and the developing nervous system. Vasopressin and oxytocin receptors and the developing brain.