Table of Contents

1. Overview of Ovarian CycleJoanne S. Richards2. Ovarian Hyperstimulation SyndromeZeev Blumenfeld3. Androgens and Ovarian Follicular MaturationMei-Jou Chen4. Peptide Inhibitors of Human Thymidylate Synthase to Inhibit Ovarian Cancer Cell GrowthMariapaola Costi5. Nodal and LuteolysisAntonio Galvao6. Neurokinins, Dynorphin And Pulsatile Lh SecretionRobert Goodman7. Lh Receptor Expression by Mir12Jairam Menon8. Gonadotrophin-Surge Attenuating FactorIoannis E. Messinis9. Melatonin and Bmp-6 RegulationFumio Otsuka10. Steroidogenic Versus Metabolic Programming of Ovarian DysfunctionsVasantha Padmanabhan11. Gaba-A Receptors and NeurosteroidsSamba Reddy12. (Title Forthcoming)Joanne S. Richards13. Circadian Clock and the OvaryMichael T. Sellix14. Bmp-15 Oocyte FactorShunichi Shimasaki15. Analysis of Ovarian Tumor PeptidomeRichard (Dick) D. Smith16. Gata And Steroidogenesis and Ovarian FunctionCarlos Stocco17. Ovarian Cycle Influences Cognitive Function and EmotionInger Sundstrom Poromaa18. Gnrh in the Human Female Reproductive AxisRoberto Maggi19. Involvement of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (Bmp) in the Regulation of Ovarian FunctionSheena Regan

About the Author

Dr. Litwack has authored 3 textbooks on biochemistry and hormones (one with John Wiley & Sons and 2 with Academic Press/Elsevier) and he has edited more than 70 volumes in the Vitamins & Hormones series (Academic Press/Elsevier); he has edited 14 volumes entitled Biochemical Actions of Hormones (Academica Press); He has edited (with David Kritchevsky) Actions of Hormones on Molecular Processes (Academic Press)