TY  - BOOK
AU  - Greenstein,Ben
AU  - Wood,Diana F.
AU  - Greenstein,Ben
TI  - The endocrine system at a glance
SN  - 9781405109307
AV  - QP187 .G834 2006
U1  - 612.4 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Malden, Mass., USA
PB  - Blackwell Pub.
KW  - Endocrinology
KW  - Endocrine Glands
KW  - physiology
KW  - physiopathology
KW  - Endocrine System Diseases
KW  - Hormones
KW  - secretion
N1  - 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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