Title | Endocrinology [electronic resource] : Basic and Clinical Principles / edited by P. Michael Conn, Shlomo Melmed |
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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 |
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 NeuroendocrineโImmune 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 HormoneโMelatonin -- 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