Steroids and the nervous system
By: edited by GianCarlo Panzica and Roberto C. Melcangi.
Contributors: Panzica, GianCarlo.; Melcangi, Roberto C.
Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences -- v. 1007.
Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
Subjects: Neurohormones -- Physiological effect -- Congresses.; Steroid hormones -- Physiological effect -- Congresses.; Paracrine mechanisms -- Congresses.; Autocrine mechanisms -- Congresses.; Steroids -- physiology -- Congresses.; Nervous System Diseases -- drug therapy -- Congresses.; Nervous System Physiology -- Congresses.; Receptors, Steroid -- physiology -- Congresses.; Steroids -- therapeutic use -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Proceedings of the 2nd International Meeting on Steroids and the Nervous System, Feb. 22-26, 2003, Turin, Italy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Pt. I. Nonclassical mechanisms of action; value: Pt. II. Pathological correlations and new tools in therapeutical approaches; value: Pt. III. Steroid regulation of reproduction; value: Pt. IV. Behavioral effects; value: Pt. V. Glial cells as a target for steroids; value: Pt. VI. Glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids: synthesis, mechanism of action, and effects.