Front Matter -- Estrogens, Progestins, Allopregnanolone and Neuroprotection. Interactions of Estradiol and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I in Neuroprotection: Implications for Brain Aging and Neurodegeneration / Mar̕a-Angeles Ařvalo, Luis M Garcia-Segura, Įigo Azcoitia -- Structure₆Nongenomic Neuroprotection Relationship of Estrogens and Estrogen-Derived Compounds / James W Simpkins, Kun Don Yi, Evelyn Perez, Douglas Covey -- Progestins and Neuroprotection: Why the Choice of Progestin Matters / Meharvan Singh -- Endogenous and Synthetic Neurosteroids in the Treatment of Niemann₆Pick Type C Disease / Synthia H Mellon, Wenhui Gong, Marcus D Schonemann -- Glucocorticoids, Dehydroepiandrosterone, Neuroprotection and Neuropathy. Glucocorticoids, Developmental ₃Programming, ₄ and the Risk of Affective Dysfunction / Bayanne Olabi, Jonathan Seckl -- Regulation of Structural Plasticity and Neurogenesis during Stress and Diabetes; Protective Effects of Glucocorticoid Receptor Antagonists / Paul J Lucassen, Carlos P Fitzsimons, Erno Vreugdenhil, Pu Hu, Charlotte Oomen, Yanina Revsin, Marian Jo︠ls, Edo Ronald de Kloet -- Neuroactive Steroids and Peripheral Neuropathy / Roberto C Melcangi, Silvia Giatti, Marzia Pesaresi, Donatella Caruso, Marc J Tetel -- Neuroprotective and Neurogenic Properties of Dehydroepiandrosterone and its Synthetic Analogs / Ioannis Charalampopoulos, Iakovos Lazaridis, Achille Gravanis -- Neurosteroids and Pain / Christine Patte-Mensah, Laurence Meyer, V̌ronique Schaeffer, Cherkaouia Kibaly, Ayikoe G Mensah-Nyagan -- Polypeptide Hormones and Neuroprotection. The Insulin/IGF-1 System in Neurodegeneration and Neurovascular Disease / Przemyslaw (Mike) Sapieha, Lois Smith -- Leptin Neuroprotection in the Central Nervous System / Feng Zhang, Suping Wang, Armando P Signore, Zhongfang Weng, Jun Chen -- Somatostatin and Neuroprotection in Retina / Kyriaki Thermos -- Neurotrophic Effects of PACAP in the Cerebellar Cortex / Anthony Falluel-Morel, Hubert Vaudry, Hitoshi Komuro, Dariusz C Gorecki, Ludovic Galas, David Vaudry -- The Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone in Neuroprotection / Christian Behl, Angela Clement -- Neuroprotective and Neurogenic Effects of Erythropoietin / Helmar C Lehmann, Ahmet H̲ke -- Hormones and Neurogenesis. Thyroid Hormone Actions on Glioma Cells / Min Zhou, Harold K Kimelberg, Faith B Davis, Paul J Davis -- Gonadal Hormones, Neurosteroids, and Clinical Progestins as Neurogenic Regenerative Agents: Therapeutic Implications / Lifei Liu, Roberta Diaz Brinton -- Gonadotropins and Progestogens: Obligatory Developmental Functions during Early Embryogenesis and their Role in Adult Neurogenesis, Neuroregeneration and Neurodegeneration / Craig S Atwood, Sivan Vadakkadath Meethal -- Human Neural Progenitor Cells: Mitotic and Neurogenic Effects of Growth Factors, Neurosteroids, and Excitatory Amino Acids / Masatoshi Suzuki, Jacalyn McHugh, Narisorn Kitiyanant -- Corticosterone, Dehydroepiandrosterone, and Neurogenesis in the Adult Hippocampus / Joe Herbert, Scarlet Bella Pinnock -- Index.

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