Anorexia

Novel Neuropeptides in the Control of Food Intake: Neuronostatin and Nesfatin-1
Gina L.C. Yosten Anorexia and Hypothalamic Degeneration
Ida A.K. Nilsson, Charlotte Lindfors, Martin Schalling, Tomas Hökfelt, and Jeanette E. Johansen The Role of Ghrelin in Anorexia-Cachexia Syndromes
Bobby Guillory, Andres Splenser, and Jose Garcia Ghrelin Gene Variants and Eating Disorders
Tetsuya Ando Steroid Metabolism and Excretion in Anorexia Nervosa
Wassif Samuel Wassif and Andrew Rashad Ross Anorexia Nervosa and Estrogen Receptors
Nicolas Ramoz, Audrey Versini, and Philip Gorwood Cannabinoid Receptors and Cholecystokinin in Feeding Inhibition
Francisco Alén Fariñas, M. Teresa Ramírez-López, Raquel Gómez de Heras, Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca, and Laura Orio Treatment of Cachexia: Melanocortin and Ghrelin Interventions
Jeremy Steinman and Mark Daniel DeBoer The Influence of Estrogen Therapies on Bone Mineral Density in Premenopausal Women with Anorexia Nervosa and Amenorrhea
Jocelyn Lebow and Leslie Sim Clinical and Hormonal Variables Related to Bone Mass Loss in Anorexia Nervosa Patients
Maria Luisa Fernandez-Soto, Amalia Gonzalez-Jimenez, Marta Chamorro- Fernandez, and Socorro Leyva-Martinez Mechanism-Based Therapeutic Approaches to Cachexia
Fabio Penna, Gabriella Bonelli, Francesco M. Baccino, and Paola Costelli Cisplatin-Induced Anorexia and Ghrelin
Tomohisa Hattori, Koji Yakabi, and Hiroshi Takeda Anorexia of Aging
Zbigniew Kmiec, Erika Petervari, Marta Balasko, and Miklos Szekely

Dr. Gerald Litwack obtained M.S. and PhD degrees from the University of Wisconsin Department of Biochemistry and remained there for a brief time as a Lecturer on Enzymes. Then he entered the Biochemical Institute of the Sorbonne as a Fellow of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. He next moved to Rutgers University as an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and later as Associate Professor of biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Medicine. After four years he moved to the Temple University School of Medicine as Professor of Biochemistry and Deputy Director of the Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, soon after, becoming the Laura H. Carnell Professor. Subsequently he was appointed chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at the Jefferson Medical College as well as Vice Dean for Research and Deputy Director of the Jefferson Cancer Institute and Director of the Institute for Apoptosis. Following the move of his family, he became a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Biological Chemistry of the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and then became the Founding Chair of the Department of Basic Sciences at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, becoming Professor of Molecular and Cellular Medicine and Associate Director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the Texas A&M Health Science Center as his final position. During his career he was a visiting scientist at the University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley, Courtauld Institute of Biochemistry, London and the Wistar Institute. He was appointed Emeritus Professor and/or Chair at Rutgers University, Thomas Jefferson University and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. He has published more than 300 scientific papers, authored three textbooks and edited more than sixty-five books. Currently he lives with his family and continues his authorship and editorial work in Los Angeles.