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The endocrine system at a glance / Ben Greenstein, Diana F. Wood.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: At a glance series (Oxford, England)Publication details: Malden, Mass., USA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 120 p. : ill. ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781405109307
  • 1405109300
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.4 22
LOC classification:
  • QP187 .G834 2006
Contents:
Chemical transmission -- Mechanisms of hormone action 1. Membrane receptors -- Mechanisms of hormone action 2. Intracellular receptors -- Hypothalamus and pituitary gland -- Gonadotrophin releasing hormone: a peptide hormone -- Principles of feedback control -- Growth 1. Cellular growth factors -- Growth 2. Normal growth -- Growth 3. Growth hormone -- Growth 4. GH pathophysiology -- Thyroid 1. Thyroid gland and thyroid hormones -- Thyroid 2. Thyroid hormone secretion and action -- Thyroid 3. Thyroid pathophysiology -- Adrenal gland 1. Adrenal medulla -- Adrenal gland 2. Adrenocortical hormones -- Adrenal gland 3. Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) -- Adrenal gland 4. Cortisol and androgens -- Adrenal gland 5. Aldosterone -- Adrenal gland 6. Adrenocortical pathophysiology -- Endocrine autoimmunity -- Sexual differentiation and development 1 -- Sexual differentiation and development 2. Puberty -- Female reproduction 1. Menstrual cycle -- Female reproduction 2. Ovarian steroids -- Female reproduction 3. Pregnancy -- Female reproduction 4. Parturition and lactation -- Female reproduction 5. Pathophysiology -- Female reproduction 6. Contraception -- Male reproduction 1. The testis -- Male reproduction 2. Actions of androgens -- Male reproduction 3. Pathophysiology -- Oxytocin -- Vasopressin -- Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system -- Endocrine hypertension -- Insulin 1. The pancreas and insulin secretion -- Insulin 2. Insulin action -- Insulin 3. Type I Diabetes mellitus -- Insulin 4. Type 2 Diabetes mellitus -- Glucagon -- Gastrointestinal hormones -- Energy homoeostasis 1. Summary -- Energy homoeostasis 2. Central control -- Obesity 1. Causes of obesity -- Obesity 2. Cardiovascular and respiratory complications -- Obesity 3. Insulin resistance and endocrine complications -- Calcium 1. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) -- Calcium 2. Calcitonin -- Calcium 3. Vitamin D -- Bone remodelling -- Metabolic bone disease 1. Paget's disease -- Metabolic bone disease 2. Primary osteoporosis -- Metabolic bone disease 3. Secondary osteoporosis -- Index.
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Rev. ed. of: Endocrinology at a glance / Ben Greenstein. Four Dragons ed. 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chemical transmission -- Mechanisms of hormone action 1. Membrane receptors -- Mechanisms of hormone action 2. Intracellular receptors -- Hypothalamus and pituitary gland -- Gonadotrophin releasing hormone: a peptide hormone -- Principles of feedback control -- Growth 1. Cellular growth factors -- Growth 2. Normal growth -- Growth 3. Growth hormone -- Growth 4. GH pathophysiology -- Thyroid 1. Thyroid gland and thyroid hormones -- Thyroid 2. Thyroid hormone secretion and action -- Thyroid 3. Thyroid pathophysiology -- Adrenal gland 1. Adrenal medulla -- Adrenal gland 2. Adrenocortical hormones -- Adrenal gland 3. Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) -- Adrenal gland 4. Cortisol and androgens -- Adrenal gland 5. Aldosterone -- Adrenal gland 6. Adrenocortical pathophysiology -- Endocrine autoimmunity -- Sexual differentiation and development 1 -- Sexual differentiation and development 2. Puberty -- Female reproduction 1. Menstrual cycle -- Female reproduction 2. Ovarian steroids -- Female reproduction 3. Pregnancy -- Female reproduction 4. Parturition and lactation -- Female reproduction 5. Pathophysiology -- Female reproduction 6. Contraception -- Male reproduction 1. The testis -- Male reproduction 2. Actions of androgens -- Male reproduction 3. Pathophysiology -- Oxytocin -- Vasopressin -- Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system -- Endocrine hypertension -- Insulin 1. The pancreas and insulin secretion -- Insulin 2. Insulin action -- Insulin 3. Type I Diabetes mellitus -- Insulin 4. Type 2 Diabetes mellitus -- Glucagon -- Gastrointestinal hormones -- Energy homoeostasis 1. Summary -- Energy homoeostasis 2. Central control -- Obesity 1. Causes of obesity -- Obesity 2. Cardiovascular and respiratory complications -- Obesity 3. Insulin resistance and endocrine complications -- Calcium 1. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) -- Calcium 2. Calcitonin -- Calcium 3. Vitamin D -- Bone remodelling -- Metabolic bone disease 1. Paget's disease -- Metabolic bone disease 2. Primary osteoporosis -- Metabolic bone disease 3. Secondary osteoporosis -- Index.

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