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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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextEdition: Second editionDescription: xix, 479 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780521806473 (hardback)
  • 052180647X (hardback)
  • 9780521014762 (paperback)
  • 052101476X (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.8 23
LOC classification:
  • QP356.4 .B76 2015
NLM classification:
  • WL 105
Contents:
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.
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Book Book IUCEIB Library, University of Kerala General Stacks IUCEIB Library, University of Kerala 612.8 WIL.I (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CEB246

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.

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