Maintaining The Original Goal Of The First Edition To Integrate The Basic Science Of Endocrinology With Its Physiological And Clinical Principles, This New Edition Succinctly Summarizes In 450 Pages The Latest Findings On Hormone Secretion And Hormone Action, As Well As All The Most Recent Insights Into The Physiology And Pathophysiology Of Hormonal Disorders. Coverage Extends Across The Entire Spectrum Of Endocrinology-from Mammalian Cells, Plants, And Insects To Animal Models And Human Diseases-with Much Increased Coverage Of Diabetes And Metabolism. Highlights Include Cutting-edge Discussions Of Appetite Disorders, Obesity, Reproductive Failure, Control Of Thyroid Function, Hormone Action In Man And The Lower Species, And The Mechanisms Subserving Hormone Secretion. 1. Introduction To Endocrinology / P. Michael Conn -- 2. Receptors : Molecular Mediators Of Hormone Action / Kelly E. Mayo -- 3. Second-messenger Systems And Signal Transduction Mechanisms / Eliot R. Spindel -- 4. Steroid Hormones / Derek Henley, Jonathan Lindzey And Kenneth S. Korach -- 5. Plasma Membrane Receptors For Steroid Hormones In Cell Signaling And Nuclear Function / Richard J. Pietras And Clara M. Szego -- 6. Growth Factors / Derek Leroith And William L. Lowe, Jr. -- 7. Prostaglandins And Leukotrienes : Locally Acting Agents / John A. Mccracken -- 8. The Neuroendocrine-immune Interface / Michael S. Harbuz And Stafford L. Lightman -- 9. Insect Hormones / Lawrence I. Gilbert -- 10. Phytohormones And Signal Transduction Pathways In Plants / William Teale, Ivan Paponov, Olaf Tietz And Klaus Palme -- 11. Comparative Endocrinology / Fredrick Stormshak -- 12. Hypothalamic Hormones : Gnrh, Trh, Ghrh, Srif, Crh, And Dopamine / Constantine A. Stratakis And George P. Chrousos -- 13. Anterior Pituitary Hormones / Ilan Shimon And Shlomo Melmed -- 14. Posterior Pituitary Hormones / Daniel G. Bichet -- 15. Endocrine Disease : Value For Understanding Hormonal Actions / Anthony P. Heaney And Glenn D. Braunstein -- 16. The Pineal Hormone (melatonin) / Irina V. Zhdanova And Richard J. Wurtman -- 17. Thyroid Hormones (t[subscript 4], T[subscript 3]) / Takahiko Kogai And Gregory A. Brent -- 18. Calcium-regulating Hormones : Vitamin D And Parathyroid Hormone / Geoffrey N. Hendy -- 19. Oncogenes And Tumor Suppressor Genes In Tumorigenesis Of The Endocrine System / Anthony P. Heaney And Shlomo Melmed -- 20. Insulin Secretion And Action / Run Yu, Hongxiang Hui And Shlomo Melmed -- 21. Cardiovascular Hormones / Willis K. Samson And Meghan M. Taylor -- 22. Adrenal Medulla (catecholamines And Peptides) / William J. Raum -- 23. Hormones Of The Kidney / Masashi Mukoyama And Kazuwa Nakao. 24. Reproduction And Fertility / Neena B. Schwartz -- 25. Endocrinology Of Fat, Metabolism, And Appetite / Rachel L. Batterham And Micheal A. Cowley -- 26. Endocrinology Of The Ovary / Denis Magoffin, Ashim Kumar, Bulent Yildiz And Ricardo Azziz -- 27. The Testis / Amiya Sinha Hikim, Ronald S. Swerdloff And Christina Wang -- 28. Endocrinology Of Aging / Steven W. J. Lamberts. Edited By Shlomo Melmed, P. Michael Conn. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. System Requirements: Adobe Reader 6.0 Or Later.