Vertebrate endocrinology / David O. Norris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norris, David O.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vertebrates--Endocrinology.

Vertebrates.

Hormones--physiology.

Vertebrates--physiology.

Medical Subjects:

Hormones--physiology.

Vertebrates--physiology.

Physical Description:

x, 550 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (partly color), maps (partly color) ; 29 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, MA ; San Diego : Elsevier Academic Press, [2007]

Summary:

Chemical bioregulation is the basis for regulation of all development, physiology, and behavior in animals. Vertebrate Endocrinology represents more than just a treatment of the endocrine system but integrates hormones with other chemical bioregulatory agents not classically included with the endocrine system. It provides a complete overview of the endocrine system of vertebrates by first emphasizing the mammalian system as the basis of most terminology and understanding of endocrine mechanisms and then applies that to non-mammals. The serious reader will gain an understanding of the intricate relationships among all of the body systems and their regulation by hormones and other bioregulators, but also a sense of their development through evolutionary time as well as the roles of hormones at different stages of an animal's life cycle. The Fourth Edition has been reorganized and completely updated including the addition of many new bioregulators, new and revised figures and tables, and a new emphasis on endocrine disruption caused by environmental chemicals of human origin.

Contents:

2 Methods to Study Bioregulation 30

3 Synthesis, Metabolism, and Actions of Bioregulators 46

4 Organization of the Mammalian Hypothalamus-Pituitary Axes 106

5 The Hypothalamus-Pituitary System in Non-Mammalian Vertebrates 168

6 The Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Thyroid (HPT) Axis of Mammals 221

7 The Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Thyroid (HPT) Axis of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates 244

8 The Mammalian Adrenal Glands: Cortical and Chromaffin Cells 272

9 Comparative Aspects of Vertebrate Adrenals 298

10 The Endocrinology of Mammalian Reproduction 322

11 Comparative Aspects of Vertebrate Reproduction 371

12 Bioregulation of Feeding, Digestion, and Metabolism 427

13 Comparative Aspects of Feeding, Digestion, and Metabolism 470

14 Bioregulation of Calcium and Phosphate Homeostasis 486

Appendix A Abbreviations of Endocrine Terms 512

Appendix B Vertebrate Tissue Types 519

Appendix C Amino Acids and Their Symbols 522

Appendix D Bioassays 523.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0120887681

9780120887682

OCLC:

70158472

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