EDITORIAL REVIEWS
Product Description This volume embraces all areas of work on leptin and reproduction in both the female and the male, with respect to both basic and clinical research, human and animal models, and in vitro and in vivo paradigms. This is the very first work to review the roles and regulation of leptin, as these relate to reproduction and reproductive biology. In Leptin and Reproduction, a number of leading contributors review the current state of knowledge in this young, but extensively investigated, field of research. This book will make a valuable reference for scientists and researchers in the fields of reproductive biology, endocrinology, cell biology, embryology, ovarian physiology, animal science, andrology and specialists in infertility and assisted reproduction.
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 2 reviews)
John R.G. Challis, DSc, FRSC "This is a wonderful, timely, and comprehensive volume. It provokes source material and references for the new investigator to this area, provides challenges, and provokes new thoughts and ideas to the established investigator, and it clearly takes forward the role of leptin as being much more than just an appetite hormone, but a critical regulator of physiologic functions. I congratulate all the authors and editors of this superb volume." - John R.G. Challis, D.Sc., F.R.S.C. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 25, 2003
Virendra B. Mahesh "This comprehensive treatise on leptin and its role in reproduction is an important and timely contribution to scientific literature. Leptin and Reproduction is divided into five major topics, namely: General Reproductive Function, Puberty, Pregnancy, Genetics, and Clinical Challenges. Each major topic is subdivided into chapters written by preeminent research scientists in the field. These 20 chapters contain the currently known information regarding leptin and its biological actions, citing relevant references to enable the reader to get to the original research describing the findings. Thus, for scientists or clinicians involved with any aspect of animal or human biology influenced by leptin, this treatise serves as an essential reference which complies, in a single volume, the multiple effects of leptin." -Virendra B. Mahesh, Ph.D., D.Phil. Editor-in-Chief, Biology of Reproduction, Regents Professor and Professor Emeritus, Department of Physiology & Endocrinology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia July 25, 2003