Sensing the Environment: Regulation of Local and Global Homeostasis by the Skin's Neuroendocrine System

The skin, the body's largest organ, is strategically located at the interface with the external environment where it detects, integrates and responds to a diverse range of stressors, including solar radiation. It has already been established that the skin is an important peripheral neuroendocri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Slominski, Andrzej T. (Autor), Zmijewski, Michal A. (Autor), Skobowiat, Cezary (Autor), Zbytek, Blazej (Autor), Slominski, Radomir M. (Autor), Steketee, Jeffery D. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Colección:Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, 212
Temas:
Neurosciences.
Dermatology.
Neuroscience.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Biogenic amines in the skin
  • Melatoninergic system in the skin
  • Cutaneous cholinergic system
  • Corticotropin signaling system in the skin
  • Steroidogenesis in the skin
  • Equivalent of hypothalamo-pituitary adrenal axis in the skin
  • Cutaneous secosteroidal system
  • Equivalent of hypthalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis
  • Cutaneous opioid system
  • Cutaneous endocannabinoid system
  • Perspectives
  • References
  • Subject index.

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