Molecular and cellular endocrinology. (©1997)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by E. Edward Bittar, Neville Bittar.
• Other Names: Bittar, E. Edward; Bittar, Neville
• Contents: Volume 10A; Front Cover; Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Endocrine Feedback Control in Health and Disease; INTRODUCTION; CONTROL THEORY; CONTROL THEORY AND ITS CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Mechanisms of Negative and Positive Feedback of Steroids in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary System George Fink; INTRODUCTION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK IN THE HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK IN THE HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-GONADAL AXIS. STEROID POSITIVE FEEDBACK: SPONTANEOUS GONADOTROPIN AND PROLACTIN SURGESCLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ESTROGEN FEEDBACK AND THE LHRH SELF-PRIMING EFFECT; OVERALL CONCLUSIONS AND HYPOTHESES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurosecretory Cells: Regulation of Peptide Expression and Release; INTRODUCTION; THE HYPOTHALOMO-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS; REGULATION OF PEPTIDE EXPRESSION IN HYPOTHALAMIC NEUROSECRETORY CELLS; REGULATION OF PEPTIDE RELEASE FROM NEUROSECRETORY AXONS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES. Chapter 4. Functional Morphology of Hypophysiotropic Hormone-Synthesizing Neurons: Identification, Connectivity, and PlasticityINTRODUCTION; THE HYPOPHYSIOTROPIC HORMONES AS REGULATORS OF ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONE SECRETION; HYPOPHYSIOTROPIC AREAS IN THE BRAIN; CONNECTIVITY OF HYPOPHYSIOTROPIC NEURONS: AFFERENTS AND COLOCALIZATION; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; Chapter 5. The Pineal Gland; INTRODUCTION; PINEAL MORPHOLOGY AND INNERVATION; MELATONIN LEVELS IN BLOOD AND OTHER BODY FLUIDS; MELATONIN RECEPTORS/BINDING SITES; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF MELATONIN; SUMMARY; REFERENCES. INTRACELLULAR REGULATION OF PTH SECRETIONREGULATION OF CELL PROLIFERATION; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. The Adrenal Medulla ; INTRODUCTION; GROSS ANATOMY OF THE ADRENAL MEDULLA; HISTOLOGY OF THE ADRENAL MEDULLA; STRUCTURE OF THE CHROMAFFIN CELL; PATHOLOGY OF THE ADRENAL MEDULLA; THE ADRENAL MEDULLA AS A MODEL SYSTEM FOR NEUROBIOLOGY; THE CHROMAFFIN VESICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS OF CATECHOLAMINES; UPTAKE OF CATECHOLAMINES INTO CHROMAFFIN VESICLES; STIMULUS-SECRETION COUPLING; TRANSPLANTATION OF THE ADRENAL MEDULLA FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTE; REFERENCES.
• Publisher Details: Greenwich, Conn : JAI Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Copyright Date: 1997
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 337 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.4/07; Molecular endocrinology; Endocrine glands; Hormones; Endocrinology; Molecular Biology; Endocrine glands; Hormones; Molecular endocrinology; MEDICAL -- Endocrinology & Metabolism; Endocrine glands; Hormones; Molecular endocrinology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080536729; 0080536727
• Related ISBNs: 1559388153; 9781559388153
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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