The endocrine system at a glance
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Malden, Mass. :
Blackwell Pub
c2006.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
