Endocrinology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction to Endocrinology

      • P. Michael Conn

      Pages 3-5

3. Hormone Secretion and Action

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Receptors

      • Kelly E. Mayo

      Pages 9-33

   3. Second Messenger Systems and Signal Transduction Mechanisms

      • Eliot R. Spindel

      Pages 35-45

   4. Steroid Hormones

      • Jonathan Lindzey, Kenneth S. Korach

      Pages 47-62

   5. Hormone Actions in the Brain

      • Bruce S. McEwen

      Pages 63-78

   6. Peptide Growth Factors

      • Peter Rotwein

      Pages 79-99

   7. Prostaglandins and Leukotrienes

      • John A. McCracken

      Pages 101-114

   8. Cytokines and Endocrine Function

      • Bryan L. Spangelo

      Pages 115-128

   9. The Neuroendocrine-Immune Interface

      • Michael S. Harbuz, Stafford L. Lightman

      Pages 129-140

4. Insects/Plants/Comparative

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. Insect Hormones

      • Lawrence I. Gilbert

      Pages 143-151

   3. Phytohormones and Signal Transduction in Plants

      • Klaus Palme, Christopher Redhead, Peter Kristoffersen

      Pages 153-164

   4. Comparative Endocrinology

      • Fredrick Stormshak

      Pages 165-181

5. Hypothalamic-Pituitary

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183

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   2. Hypothalamic Hormones

      • Constantine A. Stratakis, George P. Chrousos

      Pages 185-209

   3. Anterior Pituitary Hormones

      • Ilan Shimon, Shlomo Melmed

      Pages 211-222

   4. Posterior Pituitary Hormones

      • Daniel G. Bichet

      Pages 223-245

Leading scientists and clinicians create a concise yet comprehensive encyclopedia of the latest scientific and clinical knowledge covering the entire spectrum of endocrinology-from mammalian cells, plants, and insects to animal models and human disease. Their book illuminates the scientific principles underlying all aspects of hormone secretion and hormone action and leads the reader toward a full understanding of the pathogenesis of human endocrine disease. It will be indispensable to physicians and scientists as well as to students who need a high-quality, up-to-date critical survey and reference to endocrinology today.

• growth
• growth factor
• hormone
• insulin
• reproduction
• signal transduction
• steroid
• thyroid hormone

"...a valuable new endocrinology text...creates a new niche between basic endocrinology monographs and encyclopedic clinical endocrinology and metabolism texts...highly recommend[ed]...Conn & Melmed have successfully created a new genre of endocrinology text." -Endocrine News

• Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Beaverton, USA

  P. Michael Conn

• Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, USA

  P. Michael Conn

• Division of Endocrinology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA

  Shlomo Melmed

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