Vertebrate endocrinology
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier Academic Press
2007.
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| Edición: | 4th ed |
| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31706101*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface to the Fourth Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1. An Overview of Chemical Bioregulation in Vertebrates
- I. The Comparative Vertebrate Approach
- II. The Origins of Bioregulation
- III. Categories of Bioregulators
- IV. General Organization of Bioregulatory Systems
- V. Cell and Tissue Organization of Bioregulatory Systems
- VI. Homeostasis
- A.A Homeostatic Reflex Model
- VII. Endocrine Disruption of Homeostasis
- VIII. Chordate Evolution
- A. The Invertebrate Chordates
- B. The Vertebrate Chordates
- C. Amphibia
- D. Reptiles
- E. Birds
- F. Mammals
- Suggested Reading
- Chapter 2. Methods to Study Bioregulation
- I. The Scientific Method
- A. Controlled Experimental Testing
- B. Representative Sampling
- C. The Dose-Response Relationship
- D. Occam's Razor and Morgan's Canon
- E. Biological Rhythms
- II. Methods of Endocrine Analysis
- A. Extirpation-Observation and Replacement-Observation
- B. Imaging
- C. Radioimmunoassay
- D. High-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Spectroscopy
- E. Immunohistochemistry
- F. Techniques for Determining the Number and Characteristics of Receptors
- III. Molecular Biology and Bioregulation
- A. Genetic and Genomic Approaches in Endocrinology
- B. Proteomics
- IV. Animal Models
- V. Statistics
- Suggested Reading
- Chapter 3. Synthesis, Metabolism, and Actions of Bioregulators
- I. Amino Acids, Amines, Peptides, and Proteins
- A. Catecholamines
- B. Indoleamines
- C. Peptides
- D. Receptors for Amine and Peptide Bioregulators
- E. The Second Messenger Concept
- F. Turning Off the Response to Bioregulators
- G. Effects of Membrane-Bound Bioregulators on Nuclear Transcription
- II. Steroid Bioregulators
- A. Steroid Structure and Nomenclature
- B. Steroid Synthesis
- C. Transport of Steroid Hormones in Blood
- D. Mechanisms of Steroid Action
- E. Reproductive Steroid Action
- F. Membrane Receptors for Steroids
- G. Metabolism and Excretion of Steroid Hormones
- III. Thyroid Hormones
- A. Structure and Synthesis of Thyroid Hormones
- B. Transport of Thyroid Hormones in the Blood
- C. Mechanism of Thyroid Hormone Action
- D. Metabolism of Thyroid Hormones
- IV. Eicosanoids
- A. Chemical Structure of Eicosanoids
- B. Biosynthesis and Actions of Eicosanoids
- V. Other Important Bioregulators
- A. Acetylcholine
- B. Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA)
- C. Interleukins
- D. Miscellaneous Brain Neuropeptides
- E. Gaseous Bioregulators
- VI. Summary
- Suggested Reading
- Chapter 4. Organization of the Mammalian Hypothalamus-Pituitary Axes
- I. The Mammalian Pituitary
- A. Subdivisions of the Adenohypophysis
- B. Cellular Types of the Adenohypophysis
- C. Subdivisions of the Neurohypophysis
- II. The Mammalian Hypothalamus
- A. Sexual Differences in the Hypothalamus
- B. Hypothalamic-Releasing Hormones
- C. Control of Hypothalamic Hormone Release
- D. Paracrine Factors in the Adenohy.
