| Description |
xxii, 408 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Neuroendocrinology.
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Neuroendocrinology. |
| Indexed Term |
Humans Endocrine system |
| Subject |
Neuro-endocrinologie. |
| ISBN |
0521416450 hardback |
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0521426650 paperback |
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