Ciba Foundation Symposium 117 - Photoperiodism, Melatonin and the Pineal: Ciba/Photoperiodism

Content: Chapter 1 Photoperiodism, Melatonin and the Pineal: It's Only a Question of Time (pages 1–8): R. V. Short Chapter 2 Mammalian Pinealocytes: Ultrastructural Aspects and Innervation (pages 9–22): Lutz Vollrath Chapter 3 Circadian Rhythms and Photoperiodism (pages 23–37): Martin C. Moore?Ede and Margaret L. Moline Chapter 4 Photoneural Regulation of the Mammalian Pineal Gland (pages 38–56): David C. Klein Chapter 5 Melatonin and the Brain in Photoperiodic Mammals (pages 57–77): M. H. Hastings, J. Herbert, N. D. Martensz and A. C. Roberts Chapter 6 Eyes—the Second (and Third) Pineal Glands? (pages 78–92): Michael Menaker Chapter 7 Photoperiodism in Birds (pages 93–115): B. K. Follett, R. G. Foster and T. J. Nicholls Chapter 8 Photic Influences on the Developing Mammal (pages 116–128): Steven M. Reppert, Marilyn J. Duncan and Bruce D. Goldman Chapter 9 Generation of Melatonin Rhythms (pages 129–148): G. A. Lincoln, F. J. P. Ebling and O. F. X. Almeida Chapter 10 The Role of Rhythms in the Response to Melatonin (pages 149–169): Eric L. Bittman Chapter 11 Role of the Pineal Gland in the Photoperiodic Control of Reproductive and Non?Reproductive Functions in Mink (Mustela vison) (pages 170–187): Lise Martinet and Daniel Allain Chapter 12 Melatonin Administration: Effects on Rodent Circadian Rhythms (pages 188–207): Stuart Maxwell Armstrong and Jenny Redman Chapter 13 The Pineal and Pubertal Development (pages 208–230): Pierre C. Sizonenko, Ursula Lang, Robert W. Rivest and Michel L. Aubert Chapter 14 Melatonin, Light and Chronobiological Disorders (pages 231–252): Alfred J. Lewy, Robert L. Sack and Clifford M. Singer Chapter 15 Melatonin and Affective Disorders (pages 253–265): Lennart Wetterberg Chapter 16 Some Effects of Melatonin and the Control of its Secretion in Humans (pages 266–283): J. Arendt, C. Bojkowski, S. Folkard, C. Franey, V. Marks, D. Minors, J. C. Waterhouse, R. A. Wever, C. Wildgruber and J. Wright Chapter 17 Melatonin and Malignant Disease (pages 284–310): Lawrence Tamarkin, Osborne F. X. Almeida and David N. Danforth The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.