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Endocrinology, 6/e


Endocrinology, 6/e
Author(s)  Mac E. Hadley and Jonathan Levine
ISBN  9788131726105
Imprint  Pearson Education
Copyright  2009
Pages  608
Binding  Paperback
List Price  Rs. 1330.00
  
 
 

Appropriate for one-semester junior-graduate level courses in Endocrinology, Endocrine Physiology, as well as courses in medicine, dentistry, pharmacology, nutrition, nursing and other related medical or animal sciences where endocrinology is the focus. Hadley provides comprehensive coverage of endocrinology, centralizing on the critical roles of glands, hormones, receptors, and molecular signaling pathways in the control of physiological processes. This up-to-date Sixth Edition reviews the basic concepts, research methodologies, and the “state-of-the-art” scientific understanding of each of the major endocrine systems, in examples designed specifically for premedical and related professional courses.
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  1. Introduction to Endocrinology.
  2. The Vertebrate Endocrine System.
  3. General Mechanisms of Hormone Action.
  4. Endocrine Methodologies.
  5. Pituitary Hormones.
  6. The Endocrine Hypothalamus.

  7. Neurohypophysial Hormones.

  8. Melanotropic Hormones.

  9. Hormonal Control of Calcium Homeostasis.

  10. Gastrointestinal Hormones.

  11. Pancreatic Hormones and Metabolic Regulation.

  12. Growth Hormones.

  13. Thyroid Hormones.

  14. Catecholamines and the Sympathoadrenal System.

  15. Adrenal Steroid Hormones.

  16. Endocrinology of Sex Differentiation and Development.

  17. Hormones and Male Reproductive Physiology.

  18. Hormones and Female Reproductive Physiology.

  19. Endocrinology of Pregnancy, Parturition and Lactation.

  20. Endocrine Role of the Pineal Gland.
 

  • Emphasizes that all aspects of hormone function – synthesis, secretion, delivery, action and disposal – are of great physiological significance.

  • Special reference to the roles of chemical messengers in the control of homeostatic systems—In the overall discussion of homeostasis.

  • Coverage of the most recent molecular, genetic, and physiological—As well as the more classical methodologies.

  • Traces the evolution of hormone structure—In relation to the comparative endocrinology of neurohypophysial hormones.
 
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