Title	Endocrinology [electronic resource] : Basic and Clinical Principles / edited by P. Michael Conn, Shlomo Melmed
Imprint	Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 1997
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-641-6
Descript	IX, 449 p. online resource

Endocrinology: Basic and Clinical Principles is a new, original, and encyclopedic tutorial survey of the latest scientific and clinical knowledge across the entire spectrum of endocrinology-from mammalian cells, plants, and insects to animal models and human disease. This superbly concise book, edited and written by leading scientists and clinicians, illuminates the basic scientific principles underlying every aspect of hormone secretion and action and leads the reader toward a full understanding of the pathogenesis and management of human endocrine disease. Endocrinology: Basic and Clinical Principles provides a comprehensive knowledge base of both the fundamental and clinical science of endocrinology. It will immediately become an indispensable guide-not only for students, but also for all professionals who need a high-quality, absolutely up-to-date critical survey and reference in endocrinology today. The practicing endocrinologist will find it particularly useful as a user-friendly encyclopedia of applied basic endocrine science

1 Introduction to Endocrinology -- 2 Receptors: Molecular Mediators of Hormone Action -- 3 Second Messenger Systems and Signal Transduction Mechanisms -- 4 Steroid Hormones -- 5 Hormone Actions in the Brain -- 6 Peptide Growth Factors -- 7 Prostaglandins and Leukotrienes: Locally Acting Agents -- 8 Cytokines and Endocrine Function -- 9 The Neuroendocrineโ{128}{148}Immune Interface -- 10 Insect Hormones -- 11 Phytohormones and Signal Transduction in Plants -- 12 Comparative Endocrinology -- 13 Hypothalamic Hormones: GnRH, TRH, GHRH, SRIF, CRH, and Dopamine -- 14 Anterior Pituitary Hormones -- 15 Posterior Pituitary Hormones -- 16 Endocrine Disease: Value for Understanding Hormonal Actions -- 17 Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes in Tumorigenesis of the Endocrine System -- 18 The Pineal Hormoneโ{128}{148}Melatonin -- 19 Thyroid Hormones (T4, T3) -- 20 Calcium-Regulating Hormones: Vitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone -- 21 The Endocrine System of the Gastrointestinal Tract -- 22 The Endocrine Pancreas: Insulin and Glucagon -- 23 Cardiovascular Hormones -- 24 Adrenal Medulla (Catecholamine and Peptides) -- 25 Kidney Hormones: The Kallikrein-Kinin and Renin-Angiotensin Systems -- 26 Reproduction and Fertility -- 27 Regulation of Pregnancy, Parturition, and Lactation