Research Catalog

Title

Endocrinology : basic and clinical principles / edited by P. Michael Conn, Shlomo Melmed.

Publication

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [1997], ©1997.

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Additional Authors

• Conn, P. Michael.
• Melmed, Shlomo.

Description

ix, 448 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subjects

• Hormones
• Endocrinology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 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 / Jonathan Lindzey and Kenneth S. Korach -- 5. Hormone Actions in the Brain / Bruce S. McEwen -- 6. Peptide Growth Factors / Peter Rotwein -- 7. Prostaglandins and Leukotrienes: Locally Acting Agents / John A. McCracken -- 8. Cytokines and Endocrine Function / Bryan L. Spangelo -- 9. The Neuroendocrine-Immune Interface / Michael S. Harbuz and Stafford L. Lightman -- 10. Insect Hormones / Lawrence I. Gilbert -- 11. Phytohormones and Signal Transduction in Plants / Klaus Palme, Christopher Redhead and Peter Kristoffersen -- 12. Comparative Endocrinology / Fredrick Stormshak -- 13. Hypothalamic Hormones: GnRH, TRH, GHRH, SRIF, CRH, and Dopamine / Constantine A. Stratakis and George P. Chrousos --
• 14. Anterior Pituitary Hormones / Ilan Shimon and Shlomo Melmed -- 15. Posterior Pituitary Hormones / Daniel G. Bichet -- 16. Endocrine Disease: Value for Understanding Hormonal Actions / Glenn D. Braunstein -- 17. Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes in Tumorigenesis of the Endocrine System / Lin Pei and Shlomo Melmed -- 18. The Pineal Hormone - Melatonin / Irina V. Zhdanova and Richard J. Wurtman -- 19. Thyroid Hormones (T[subscript 4], T[subscript 3]) / Gregory Brent -- 20. Calcium-Regulating Hormones: Vitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone / Geoffrey N. Hendy -- 21. The Endocrine System of the Gastrointestinal Tract / Gary A. Wittert, Robert Fraser and John E. Morley -- 22. The Endocrine Pancreas: Insulin and Glucagon / Donald A. McClain -- 23. Cardiovascular Hormones / Willis K. Samson -- 24. Adrenal Medulla (Catecholamine and Peptides) / William J. Raum --
• 25. Kidney Hormones: The Kallikrein-Kinin and Renin-Angiotensin Systems / Gordon H. Williams, Julie Chao and Lee Chao -- 26. Reproduction and Fertility / Alan C. Dalkin and John C. Marshall -- 27. Regulation of Pregnancy, Parturition, and Lactation / John R. G. Challis.

ISBN

089603349X (acid-free paper)

LCCN

96043898

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries