An introduction to neuroendocrinology /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1994.
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Table of Contents:
- Classification of chemical messengers
- Endocrine glands and their hormones
- Pituitary gland and its hormones
- Hypothalamic hormones
- Neurotransmitters
- Neurotransmitter 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: neuropeptide function
- Cytokines and the interaction between the neuroendocrine and immune systems
- Methods for the study of behavioral neuroendocrinology
- Overview of behavioral neuroendocrinology: present, future and past
- Journals in endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, psychoneuroimmunology and behavioral endocrinology