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Endocrinology of the Testis and Male Reproduction

  • Provides a comprehensive overview of endocrinology of the male reproductive system
  • Covers all aspects of male hypogonadism, sexual dysfunction, and male infertility
  • Passes on the knowledge of world-class specialists
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Table of contents (45 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Physiology of the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis, the Testis, and Testicular Function

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Control of GnRH Secretion

      • Marco Bonomi, Valeria Vezzoli, Anna Cariboni
      Pages 3-33
    3. GnRH Action

      • Kathryn L. Garner, Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova, Craig A. McArdle
      Pages 35-70
    4. Gonadotropins

      • Alfredo Ulloa-Aguirre, James A. Dias, George R. Bousfield
      Pages 71-122
    5. Gonadotropin Receptors

      • Livio Casarini, Ilpo T. Huhtaniemi, Manuela Simoni, Adolfo Rivero-Müller
      Pages 123-168
    6. Sex Determination

      • Sarah J. Potter, Deepti Lava Kumar, Tony DeFalco
      Pages 169-216
    7. Male Sexual Differentiation

      • Catherine H. Sterling, Dagmar Wilhelm, Stefan Bagheri-Fam
      Pages 217-244
    8. Endocrinology of the Fetal Testis

      • Richard Ivell, Ravinder Anand-Ivell, Steven D. Morley
      Pages 245-272
    9. Testis Development and Descent

      • Girolamo Mattioli, Pietro Lazzeroni, Irene Paraboschi, Natascia Di Iorgi, Flavia Napoli, Mohamad Maghnie
      Pages 273-311
    10. Functional Anatomy and Histology of the Testis

      • D. Fietz, M. Bergmann
      Pages 313-341
    11. Testicular Steroidogenesis

      • Christa E. Flück, Amit V. Pandey
      Pages 343-371
    12. Anabolic and Metabolic Effects of Testosterone and Other Androgens: Direct Effects and Role of Testosterone Metabolic Products

      • Jonas ÄŒeponis, Christina Wang, Ronald S. Swerdloff, Peter Y. Liu
      Pages 373-394
    13. Androgen Receptor

      • Päivi Sutinen, Marjo Malinen, Jorma J. Palvimo
      Pages 395-416
    14. Spermatogenesis

      • Juho-Antti Mäkelä, Jorma Toppari
      Pages 417-455
    15. Epididymal Sperm Transport and Fertilization

      • S. Marchiani, L. Tamburrino, M. Muratori, E. Baldi
      Pages 457-478
  3. Clinical Approach to the Disorders of Male Reproduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 479-479
    2. Anamnesis and Physical Examination

      • Francesco Lombardo, Francesco Pallotti, Francesco Cargnelutti, Andrea Lenzi
      Pages 481-493
    3. Hormonal Laboratory Examination

      • Uberto Pagotto, Flaminia Fanelli, Antonio Raffaele Granata
      Pages 495-516
    4. Genetic Analysis in Male Infertility

      • Csilla Krausz
      Pages 517-533

About this book

This book provides a comprehensive overview of endocrinology of the male reproductive system, explaining how it works and how, sometimes, it fails to work. World-class specialists present state of the art knowledge on all aspects, including anatomy, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations of testicular diseases, endocrine aspects of andrological and sexual diseases, and therapy. Extensive consideration is given to sexual development, testicular function, the clinical approach to disorders of male reproduction, male hypogonadism, sexual dysfunction, and male infertility. In addition, sociodemographic, psychological, and ethical aspects of male reproductive disorders are discussed. The book is intended as a major reference for endocrinologists, andrologists, and sexologists, as well as basic and clinical scientists. It is published as part of the SpringerReference program, which delivers access to living editions constantly updated through a dynamic peer-review publishing process.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Unit of Endocrinology Department of Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Manuela Simoni

  • Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

    Ilpo T. Huhtaniemi

About the editors

Manuela Simoni, MD, PhD, is Full Professor of Endocrinology and Deputy Director, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Italy. She is also Director of the Unit of Endocrinology, Azienda USL of Modena, Italy and Director of the School of Specialization in Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia.  She was previously University Professor of Endocrinology and Molecular Biology of Reproduction at the University of Münster, Germany. Dr. Simoni is current Secretary of the European Society of Endocrinology and from 2010 to 2014 was a member of the Executive Council of the Italian Society of Andrology and Medical Sexology. She is a past Associate Editor of Human Reproduction and past Senior Editor of the Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, and she is a current editorial board member of the European Journal of Endocrinology and Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology.

Sheis the author of 167 papers in journals listed in PubMed, as well as more than 60 book chapters, and has an H-index of 52.

Ilpo Tapani Huhtaniemi, MD, Dr. Med. Sci. (PhD), is Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology, Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK. Prior to taking up this position in 2002, he had been Pr

ofessor and Chairman of Physiology at the University of Turku, Finland for more than 15 years. Dr. Huhtaniemi has been the recipient of many awards and honors, including most recently the Egon Diczfalusy Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award (2014) and the Iain Macintyre Medal from The William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University, London, UK (2015). He has been Chief Editor of Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology since 1999 and is also past Editor of various other leading journals. He is a past president of the International Society of Andrology and
has been a member of the WHO Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction since 1987. He is the lead or co-author of approximately 650 peer-reviewed papers and has an H-index of 70.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Endocrinology of the Testis and Male Reproduction

  • Editors: Manuela Simoni, Ilpo T. Huhtaniemi

  • Series Title: Endocrinology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44441-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Reference Module Medicine

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44440-6Published: 18 September 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44441-3Published: 29 August 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2510-1927

  • Series E-ISSN: 2510-1935

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 1364

  • Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 103 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Endocrinology, Andrology, Reproductive Medicine

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