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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Norris, David O.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Academic Press, [1997]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • An overview of chemical regulation
  • The molecular basis for chemical regulation
  • Approaches to endocrine research
  • Organization of the mammalian hypothalamo - hypophysial axis
  • Comparative aspects of the hypothalamo-hypophysial system in nonmammalian vertebrates
  • Neurohormones of the pars nervosa and the epithalamus
  • The hypothalamo - hypophysial - thyroid axis of mammals
  • Comparative aspects of vertebrate thyroids
  • The mammalian adrenal glands : cortical and chromaffin cells
  • Comparative aspects of vertebrate adrenals
  • The endocrinology of mammalian reproductionComparative aspects of vertebrate reproduction
  • Regulators of the gastrointestinal tract
  • Chemical regulators of metabolism
  • Regulation of calcium and phosphate homeostasis