Neurosteriods
Subtitle: A New Regulatory Function in the Nervous System (Contemporary Endocrinology)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: August 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780896035454
Subjects: Endocrinology; Human biology; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Pharmacology; Steroids; Neuroendocrinology; Medical / Nursing; Steroid hormones; Medical; Neuroscience; Neurohormones; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Neurology - General; Medical / Endocrinology & Metabolism; physiology; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology
First sentence: The relationships between steroid hormones and brain function have mostly been envisioned within the framework of endocrine mechanisms as responses elicited by secretory products of steroidogenic endocrine glands, borne by the blood stream, and exerting actions on the brain.