Endocrinology

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Vasopressin and Regulation of Water Homeostasis and Cardiovascular Function

   • Leonard Share

   Pages 1-21

3. Anterior Pituitary Neural Control Concepts

   • Charles H. Sawyer

   Pages 23-39

4. Saga of the Discovery of Hypothalamic Releasing and Inhibiting Hormones

   • S. M. McCann

   Pages 41-62

5. Gonadotropins

   • Roy O. Greep

   Pages 63-85

6. Pituitary-Adrenal System

   • Don H. Nelson

   Pages 87-115

7. Prolactin

   • Joseph Meites

   Pages 117-147

8. Defining Thyroid Hormone: Its Nature and Control

   • Clark T. Sawin

   Pages 149-199

9. Endocrine Function of the Ovary

   • Kenneth J. Ryan

   Pages 201-213

10. Pineal Gland

    • Russel J. Reiter, Mary K. Vaughan

    Pages 215-238

11. Parathyroid Hormone and Calcitonin

    • Paul L. Munson

    Pages 239-284

12. A View of the History of Biology From an Islet of Langerhans

    • Jay Tepperman

    Pages 285-333

13. Mechanism of Hormone Action

    • Howard Rasmussen, Irving L. Schwartz

    Pages 335-368

14. Receptors: Birth, Eclipse, and Rediscovery

    • Jesse Roth

    Pages 369-396

15. Atrial Natriuretic Factor: A Hormone From the Heart

    • Edward H. Blaine, Michael Rosenblatt

    Pages 397-419

16. Comparative Endocrinology

    • Aubrey Gorbman

    Pages 421-441

17. Back Matter

    Pages 443-471

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HIS book grew out of suggestions from the Publications Com­ T mittee of the American Physiological Society, which has planned a series covering the development of ideas about a number of areas of physiology. This was prompted by the great success of Circulation of the Blood: Men and Ideas, edited by A. P. Fishman and D. W. Richards, which was originally published in 1964 and then reissued by the Society in 1982. Three companion books are being completed in conjunction with the centennial year of the American Physiolog­ ical Society: this volume on endocrinology, one on the kidney, and one on membrane transport. It was our purpose not to provide a complete bibliography or a complete listing of all the progress made in a given area but to show PREFACE the principal ideas and how they developed. Consequently, limi- tions were placed on the number of references and on the length of each chapter. This book covers most of the areas of endocrinology; it is not completely comprehensive but discusses the main pathways of development and highlights the prominent investigators. We hope that the book as a whole will give an excellent picture of the evolution of this exciting area of physiology and the people involved in its growth. Most of the endocrine organs were discovered in antiquity by such early workers as Aristotle and Galen. The last endocrine gland to be discovered was the parathyroid in 1891 by Gley.

• Endocrinology
• Gonadotropin
• biochemistry
• biology
• growth
• homeostasis
• hormone
• hormone receptors
• physiology
• prolactin
• thyroid hormone

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