An introduction to neuroendocrinology /
Wilkinson, Michael, 1943- ,
An introduction to neuroendocrinology / Michael Wilkinson, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Richard E. Brown, Professor of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. - Second edition. - xix, 479 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Richard E. Brown's name appears first in the previous edition.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Classification of chemical messengers -- The endocrine glands and their hormones -- The pituitary gland and its hormones -- The hypothalamic hormones -- Neurotransmitters -- Neurotransmitter and neuropeptide control of hypothalamic, pituitary, and other hormones -- Regulation of hormone synthesis, storage, release, transport, and deactivation -- Regulation of hormone levels in the bloodstream -- Steroid and thyroid hormone receptors -- Receptors for peptide hormones, neuropeptides, and neurotransmitters -- Neuropeptides I : classification, synthesis, and colocalization with classical neurotransmitters -- Neuropeptides II : function -- Cytokines and the interaction between the neuroendocrine and immune systems -- Methods for the study of behavioural neuroendocrinology -- An overview of behavioural neuroendocrinology : present, past, and future.
9780521806473 (hardback) 052180647X (hardback) 9780521014762 (paperback) 052101476X (paperback)
2014041712
Neuroendocrinology.
Neuroendocrinology--methods.
Endocrine Glands.
Neuropeptides.
Neurosecretory Systems.
Peptide Hormones.
Receptors, Neurotransmitter.
QP356.4 / .B76 2015
612.8
WL 105
An introduction to neuroendocrinology / Michael Wilkinson, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Richard E. Brown, Professor of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. - Second edition. - xix, 479 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Richard E. Brown's name appears first in the previous edition.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Classification of chemical messengers -- The endocrine glands and their hormones -- The pituitary gland and its hormones -- The hypothalamic hormones -- Neurotransmitters -- Neurotransmitter and neuropeptide control of hypothalamic, pituitary, and other hormones -- Regulation of hormone synthesis, storage, release, transport, and deactivation -- Regulation of hormone levels in the bloodstream -- Steroid and thyroid hormone receptors -- Receptors for peptide hormones, neuropeptides, and neurotransmitters -- Neuropeptides I : classification, synthesis, and colocalization with classical neurotransmitters -- Neuropeptides II : function -- Cytokines and the interaction between the neuroendocrine and immune systems -- Methods for the study of behavioural neuroendocrinology -- An overview of behavioural neuroendocrinology : present, past, and future.
9780521806473 (hardback) 052180647X (hardback) 9780521014762 (paperback) 052101476X (paperback)
2014041712
Neuroendocrinology.
Neuroendocrinology--methods.
Endocrine Glands.
Neuropeptides.
Neurosecretory Systems.
Peptide Hormones.
Receptors, Neurotransmitter.
QP356.4 / .B76 2015
612.8
WL 105