The endocrine system at a glance
By: Ben Greenstein, Diana F. Wood.
Contributors: Wood, Diana F.; Greenstein, Ben, 1941-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781405109307
Subjects: Endocrinology.; Endocrine Glands -- physiology.; Endocrine Glands -- physiopathology.; Endocrine System Diseases.; Hormones -- secretion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rev. ed. of: Endocrinology at a glance / Ben Greenstein. Four Dragons ed. 1994.
Table of contents: title: Chemical transmission; title: Mechanisms of hormone action 1. Membrane receptors; title: Mechanisms of hormone action 2. Intracellular receptors; title: Hypothalamus and pituitary gland; title: Gonadotrophin releasing hormone: a peptide hormone; title: Principles of feedback control; title: Growth 1. Cellular growth factors; title: Growth 2. Normal growth; title: Growth 3. Growth hormone; title: Growth 4. GH pathophysiology; title: Thyroid 1. Thyroid gland and thyroid hormones; title: Thyroid 2. Thyroid hormone secretion and action; title: Thyroid 3. Thyroid pathophysiology; title: Adrenal gland 1. Adrenal medulla; title: Adrenal gland 2. Adrenocortical hormones; title: Adrenal gland 3. Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH); title: Adrenal gland 4. Cortisol and androgens; title: Adrenal gland 5. Aldosterone; title: Adrenal gland 6. Adrenocortical pathophysiology; title: Endocrine autoimmunity; title: Sexual differentiation and development 1; title: Sexual differentiation and development 2. Puberty; title: Female reproduction 1. Menstrual cycle; title: Female reproduction 2. Ovarian steroids; title: Female reproduction 3. Pregnancy; title: Female reproduction 4. Parturition and lactation; title: Female reproduction 5. Pathophysiology; title: Female reproduction 6. Contraception; title: Male reproduction 1. The testis; title: Male reproduction 2. Actions of androgens; title: Male reproduction 3. Pathophysiology; title: Oxytocin; title: Vasopressin; title: Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system; title: Endocrine hypertension; title: Insulin 1. The pancreas and insulin secretion; title: Insulin 2. Insulin action; title: Insulin 3. Type I Diabetes mellitus; title: Insulin 4. Type 2 Diabetes mellitus; title: Glucagon; title: Gastrointestinal hormones; title: Energy homoeostasis 1. Summary; title: Energy homoeostasis 2. Central control; title: Obesity 1. Causes of obesity; title: Obesity 2. Cardiovascular and respiratory complications; title: Obesity 3. Insulin resistance and endocrine complications; title: Calcium 1. Parathyroid hormone (PTH); title: Calcium 2. Calcitonin; title: Calcium 3. Vitamin D; title: Bone remodelling; title: Metabolic bone disease 1. Paget's disease; title: Metabolic bone disease 2. Primary osteoporosis; title: Metabolic bone disease 3. Secondary osteoporosis; title: Index.