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The Endocrine System at a Glance
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2011.
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| Colección: | New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- The Endocrine System at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- Preface to the third edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Introduction
- Chemical transmission
- Mechanisms of hormone action: I membrane receptors
- Mechanisms of hormone action: II Intracellular receptors
- The hypothalamus and pituitary gland
- Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone: a peptide hormone
- Principles of feedback control
- Endocrine function tests
- Growth: I cellular growth factors
- Growth: II Normal growth
- Growth: III Growth hormone
- Growth: IV Pathophysiology
- Thyroid: I Thyroid gland and thyroid hormones
- Thyroid: II Thyroid hormone secretion and action
- Thyroid: III Thyroid pathophysiology
- Adrenal gland: I Adrenal medulla
- Adrenal gland: II Adrenocortical hormones
- Adrenal gland: III Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)
- Adrenal gland: IV Cortisol and androgens
- Adrenal gland: V Aldosterone
- Adrenal gland: VI pathophysiology
- Endocrine autoimmunity
- Sexual differentiation and development: I Introduction
- Sexual differentiation and development: II Puberty
- Female reproduction: I menstrual cycle
- Female reproduction: II ovarian steroids
- Female reproduction: III Pregnancy
- Female reproduction: IV Parturition and lactation
- Female reproduction: V pathophysiology
- Female reproduction: VI Contraception
- Male reproduction: I The testis
- Male reproduction: II Actions of androgens
- Male reproduction: III Pathophysiology
- Oxytocin
- Vasopressin
- Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
- Endocrine hypertension
- Insulin: I The pancreas and insulin secretion
- Insulin: II Insulin action
- Insulin: III Type 1 diabetes mellitus
- Insulin: IV Type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Glucagon
- Gastrointestinal hormones
- Energy homoeostasis: I summary
- Energy homoeostasis: II Central control
- Obesity: I Causes of obesity
- Obesity: II cardiovascular and respiratory complications
- Obesity: III insulin resistance and endocrine complications
- Calcium: I parathyroid hormone
- Calcium: II Calcitonin
- Calcium: III Vitamin D
- Bone remodelling
- Metabolic bone disease: I paget's disease
- Metabolic bone disease: II primary osteoporosis
- Metabolic bone disease: III Secondary osteoporosis
- McQ s
- Answers
- Appendix: Normal V alues
- Glossary
- Index