The Human Hypothalamus: Neuroendocrine Disorders, Volume 181 in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series, provides comprehensive summaries of recent research on the brain and nervous system as they relate to clinical neurology. This volume summarizes the role of the hypothalamus in neuroendocrine disorders, identifying the mechanism of action, disorder etiology, and best practices for assessment and treatment. Disorders covered include pituitary hypothalamic disorders of development and growth, hypothalamic tumor related disorders, hypothalamic autoimmune disorders and infection, disorders of vasopressin, water and sodium homeostasis, eating disorders, and gonadotropic hormone regulation disorders. - Discusses the importance of the hypothalamus in human growth and development - Reviews hypothalamic related tumors, as well as pituitary, autoimmune, vasopressin and hormone regulation disorders - Includes metabolic and eating disorders - Identifies mechanisms of disease action and etiology - Provides best practice information for assessment and treatment

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Chapter 1: Introduction: The human hypothalamus and neuroendocrine disorders
Section 15: Structural disorders of the hypothalamo-pituitary region
Chapter 2: Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome
Chapter 3: Empty sella syndrome: Multiple endocrine disorders
Chapter 4: Pituitary dysfunction after aneurysmal subarachnoidal hemorrhage
Chapter 5: Septo-optic dysplasia
Section 16: Tumors of the hypothalamus
Chapter 6: Hypothalamic hormone-producing tumors
Chapter 7: Craniopharyngiomas primarily affecting the hypothalamus
Section 17: Neuroimmunological disorders
Chapter 8: The stress-axis in multiple sclerosis: Clinical, cellular, and molecular aspects
Chapter 9: Neuroendocrine manifestations of Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Chapter 10: Neuroendocrine manifestations of Erdheim–Chester disease
Chapter 11: Hypothalamitis and pituitary atrophy
Chapter 12: Narcolepsy Type I as an autoimmune disorder
Chapter 13: Neuromyelitis optica, aquaporin-4 antibodies, and neuroendocrine disorders
Chapter 14: Antibodies against the pituitary and hypothalamus in boxers
Chapter 15: Autoimmune diabetes insipidus
Section 18: Drinking disorders
Chapter 16: Neuroimaging of central diabetes insipidus
Chapter 17: Differential diagnosis of familial diabetes insipidus
Chapter 18: The vasopressin–aquaporin-2 pathway syndromes
Chapter 19: Adipsic diabetes insipidus
Chapter 20: Animal models for diabetes insipidus
Chapter 21: Nocturnal enuresis in children: The role of arginine–vasopressin
Section 19: Eating disorders
Chapter 22: Monogenic human obesity syndromes
Chapter 23: Hypothalamic microinflammation
Chapter 24: Glucose and fat sensing in the human hypothalamus
Chapter 25: Hypothalamus and neuroendocrine diseases: The use of human-induced pluripotent stem cells for disease modeling
Chapter 26: Prader–Willi syndrome: Hormone therapies
Chapter 27: Transcriptomics of the Prader–Willi syndrome hypothalamus
Chapter 28: Disorders of hypothalamic function: Insights from Prader–Willi syndrome and the effects of craniopharyngioma
Chapter 29: Animal models for Prader–Willi syndrome
Chapter 30: Is there a hypothalamic basis for anorexia nervosa?
Section 20: Reproduction, olfaction and sexual behavior
Chapter 31: Sexual differentiation of the human hypothalamus: Relationship to gender identity and sexual orientation
Chapter 32: Klinefelter syndrome or testicular dysgenesis: Genetics, endocrinology, and neuropsychology
Chapter 33: Neurobiology of puberty and its disorders
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