Endocrinology: Basic and Clinical Principles

✍ Scribed by P. Michael Conn PhD (auth.), P. Michael Conn, Shlomo Melmed (eds.)

• Publisher: Humana Press
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 440
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Endocrinology....Pages 3-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Receptors....Pages 9-33
Second Messenger Systems and Signal Transduction Mechanisms....Pages 35-45
Steroid Hormones....Pages 47-62
Hormone Actions in the Brain....Pages 63-78
Peptide Growth Factors....Pages 79-99
Prostaglandins and Leukotrienes....Pages 101-114
Cytokines and Endocrine Function....Pages 115-128
The Neuroendocrine-Immune Interface....Pages 129-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Insect Hormones....Pages 143-151
Phytohormones and Signal Transduction in Plants....Pages 153-164
Comparative Endocrinology....Pages 165-181
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Hypothalamic Hormones....Pages 185-209
Anterior Pituitary Hormones....Pages 211-222
Posterior Pituitary Hormones....Pages 223-245
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
Endocrine Disease....Pages 249-268
Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes in Tumorigenesis of the Endocrine System....Pages 269-277
The Pineal Hormone-Melatonin....Pages 279-290
Thyroid Hormones (T 4 , T 3 )....Pages 291-306
Calcium-Regulating Hormones....Pages 307-323
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
The Endocrine System of the Gastrointestinal Tract....Pages 325-348
The Endocrine Pancreas....Pages 349-360
Cardiovascular Hormones....Pages 361-376
Adrenal Medulla (Catecholamine and Peptides)....Pages 377-391
Kidney Hormones....Pages 393-404
Reproduction and Fertility....Pages 405-418
Regulation of Pregnancy, Parturition, and Lactation....Pages 419-435
Back Matter....Pages 437-449

✦ Subjects

Endocrinology