Vertebrate endocrinology:
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1. Verfasser: Norris, David O. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Elsevier Academic Press c2007
Ausgabe:4th ed
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the Fourth Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. An Overview of Chemical Bioregulation in Vertebrates -- I. The Comparative Vertebrate Approach -- II. The Origins of Bioregulation -- III. Categories of Bioregulators -- IV. General Organization of Bioregulatory Systems -- V. Cell and Tissue Organization of Bioregulatory Systems -- VI. Homeostasis -- A.A Homeostatic Reflex Model -- VII. Endocrine Disruption of Homeostasis -- VIII. Chordate Evolution -- A. The Invertebrate Chordates -- B. The Vertebrate Chordates -- C. Amphibia -- D. Reptiles -- E. Birds -- F. Mammals -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 2. Methods to Study Bioregulation -- I. The Scientific Method -- A. Controlled Experimental Testing -- B. Representative Sampling -- C. The Dose-Response Relationship -- D. Occam's Razor and Morgan's Canon -- E. Biological Rhythms -- II. Methods of Endocrine Analysis --
- A. Extirpation-Observation and Replacement-Observation -- B. Imaging -- C. Radioimmunoassay -- D. High-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Spectroscopy -- E. Immunohistochemistry -- F. Techniques for Determining the Number and Characteristics of Receptors -- III. Molecular Biology and Bioregulation -- A. Genetic and Genomic Approaches in Endocrinology -- B. Proteomics -- IV. Animal Models -- V. Statistics -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 3. Synthesis, Metabolism, and Actions of Bioregulators -- I. Amino Acids, Amines, Peptides, and Proteins -- A. Catecholamines -- B. Indoleamines -- C. Peptides -- D. Receptors for Amine and Peptide Bioregulators -- E. The Second Messenger Concept -- F. Turning Off the Response to Bioregulators -- G. Effects of Membrane-Bound Bioregulators on Nuclear Transcription -- II. Steroid Bioregulators -- A. Steroid Structure and Nomenclature -- B. Steroid Synthesis -- C. Transport of Steroid Hormones in Blood -- D. Mechanisms of Steroid Action --
- E. Reproductive Steroid Action -- F. Membrane Receptors for Steroids -- G. Metabolism and Excretion of Steroid Hormones -- III. Thyroid Hormones -- A. Structure and Synthesis of Thyroid Hormones -- B. Transport of Thyroid Hormones in the Blood -- C. Mechanism of Thyroid Hormone Action -- D. Metabolism of Thyroid Hormones -- IV. Eicosanoids -- A. Chemical Structure of Eicosanoids -- B. Biosynthesis and Actions of Eicosanoids -- V. Other Important Bioregulators -- A. Acetylcholine -- B. Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) -- C. Interleukins -- D. Miscellaneous Brain Neuropeptides -- E. Gaseous Bioregulators -- VI. Summary -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 4. Organization of the Mammalian Hypothalamus-Pituitary Axes -- I. The Mammalian Pituitary -- A. Subdivisions of the Adenohypophysis -- B. Cellular Types of the Adenohypophysis -- C. Subdivisions of the Neurohypophysis -- II. The Mammalian Hypothalamus -- A. Sexual Differences in the Hypothalamus -- B. Hypothalamic-Releasing Hormones --
- C. Control of Hypothalamic Hormone Release -- D. Paracrine Factors in the Adenohy
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ISBN:0080466397
0120887681
1280728884
9780080466392
9781280728884

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