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Title

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

Publication

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

• Melmed, Shlomo.
• Conn, P. Michael.

Description

xi, 440 pages : illustrations; 29 cm +

Summary

"For this new edition of Conn & Melmed's Endocrinology: Basic and Clinical Principles, a panel of scientists and clinicians has completely rewritten every chapter to reflect the latest advances in our understanding of the endocrine system. Maintaining the original goal of the first edition to integrate the basic science of endocrinology with its physiological and clinical principles, the authors have succinctly summarized in 500 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." "Concise yet comprehensive, Endocrinology: Basic and Clinical Principles, Second Edition offers students, clinicians, and scientists access to the entire spectrum of endocrinological knowledge, authoritatively illuminating the basic scientific principles underlying every aspect of hormone secretion and action, and leading the reader towards a full understanding of the pathogenesis and management of human endocrine disease."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Endocrinology
• Hormones
• Endocrine glands > Diseases
• Endocrinologie
• Glandes endocrines > Maladies

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 / 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.

ISBN

1588294277 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2004018638

OCLC

• ocm56729980
• SCSB-5239025

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries