Vertebrate Endocrinology

Author : David Norris,James A. Carr
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780123964656

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Vertebrate Endocrinology by David Norris,James A. Carr Pdf

Vertebrate Endocrinology represents more than just a treatment of the endocrine system-it integrates hormones with other chemical bioregulatory agents not classically included with the endocrine system. It provides a complete overview of the endocrine system of vertebrates by first emphasizing the mammalian system as the basis of most terminology and understanding of endocrine mechanisms and then applies that to non-mammals. The serious reader will gain both an understanding of the intricate relationships among all of the body systems and their regulation by hormones and other bioregulators, but also a sense of their development through evolutionary time as well as the roles of hormones at different stages of an animal's life cycle. Includes new full color format includes over 450 full color, completely redrawn image Features a companion web site hosting all images from the book as PPT slides and .jpeg files Presents completedly updated and revitalized content with new chapters, such as Endocrine Disrupters and Behavioral Endocrinology Offers new clinical correlation vignettes throughout

Author : David O. Norris
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780080466392

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Vertebrate Endocrinology by David O. Norris Pdf

One of the only books to discuss all vertebrates, the fourth edition of Vertebrate Endocrinology has been completely reorganized and updated to explore the intricate mechanisms that control human physiology and behavior as well as that of other vertebrate animals. Perfect for students in endocrinology, zoology, biology and physiology, it allows readers to gain both an understanding of the intricate relationships among all of the body systems and their regulation by hormones and other bioregulators, but also a sense of their development through evolutionary time as well as the roles of hormones at different stages of an animal’s life cycle. Chapters have been reorganized to more closely follow traditional classroom presentation and extensive suggested readings are included at the end of each chapter allowing the reader to obtain further information as well as connect concepts to the literature on which the book is based. For the first time, this edition features four-color illustrations. Provides a complete overview of the endocrine system of vertebrates by first emphasizing the mammalian system as the basis of most terminology and understanding of endocrine mechanisms and then applies that to non-mammals Introduces the reader to suitable concepts and explanation of jargon so that the reader will be able to delve directly into the primary literature on any endocrine-related topic with a background that will aid in their interpretation of new information Revised and updated chapter on The Molecular Bases for Chemical Regulation that now includes more evolutionary data Includes information on endocrine disrupting chemicals and their implications on the health of wildlife and humans

Author : P. J. Bentley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998-06-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521620023

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Comparative Vertebrate Endocrinology by P. J. Bentley Pdf

This book discusses the intimate physiology of the endocrine system and the pivotal role of hormones in coordinating basic body processes

Author : I. Chester-Jones,P.M. Ingleton,J.G. Phillips
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781489936172

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Fundamentals of Comparative Vertebrate Endocrinology by I. Chester-Jones,P.M. Ingleton,J.G. Phillips Pdf

Endocrinology, as a discipline, was a late arrival in the corpus of established subjects. Its growth in recent years has been prodigious, extending from mor phology to molecular levels. Most of the major endocrine glands were noted by the early anatomists, although the adrenal glands were not described until 1563 by Bartholomaeus Eustachius (1520-1574). On the other hand, elucidation of the function of these glands was extremely slow. Key work by A. A. Berthold (1849), although overlooked at the time, showed that comb atrophy in castrated fowl was prevented by testis transplantation. The idea that glands produced substances reach ing the bloodstream directly and not via excretory ducts stemmed from Claude Bernard, who first used the term internal secretion in 1855. The clinical observa tions of Thomas Addison at Guy's Hospital-published as a monograph in 1855 entitled The Constitutional and Local Effects of Disease of the Suprarenal Capsules -were seminal. However, the stimulus of this early research did not bring imme diate widespread further investigations. Upon the discovery of secretin in 1902, Bayliss and Starling considered the term "internal secretion" to be clumsy, and the term "hormone" was coined (from OQ[!UW-1 excite or arouse) and it was first used by Starling in his Croonian of 1905.

Author : Mac E. Hadley,Jon E. Levine
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Endocrinology
ISBN : UOM:39076002662653

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Endocrinology by Mac E. Hadley,Jon E. Levine Pdf

Appropriate for one-semester junior-graduate level courses in Endocrinology, Endocrine Physiology, as well as courses in medicine, dentistry, pharmacology, nutrition, nursing and other related medical or animal sciences where endocrinology is the focus. Hadley provides comprehensive coverage of endocrinology, centralizing on the critical roles of glands, hormones, receptors, and molecular signaling pathways in the control of physiological processes. This up-to-date Sixth Edition reviews the basic concepts, research methodologies, and the "state-of-the-art" scientific understanding of each of the major endocrine systems, in examples designed specifically for premedical and related professional courses.

Author : Peter Kai To Pang,Martin P. Schreibman
Publisher : Orlando : Academic Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Endocrinology, Comparative
ISBN : UOM:39015012580885

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Vertebrate Endocrinology by Peter Kai To Pang,Martin P. Schreibman Pdf

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Author : Martin Schreibman,Colin G. Scanes,Peter K.T. Pang
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323144407

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The Endocrinology of Growth, Development, and Metabolism in Vertebrates by Martin Schreibman,Colin G. Scanes,Peter K.T. Pang Pdf

The Endocrinology of Growth, Development, and Metabolism in Vertebrates provides an overview of vertebrate endocrinology. This book aims to strengthen the bridge between medical and comparative endocrinologists by addressing the benefits that they can derive from this association. Organized into five parts encompassing 24 chapters, this volume starts with a discussion on the structure and biological function of growth hormone (GH) and prolactin (PRL) family. This book then explains the extrinsic, genetic, and humoral factors that influence animal growth, particularly in poikilotherms. This text also elaborates the environmental conditions that affect the growth of poikilotherms, including food availability, temperature, and photoperiod. Other chapters discuss how somatotropin affects the growth development in homeotherms, such as livestock species. The reader is also introduced to the metabolic actions of GH, which can be described in terms of short-lived insulin-like effects. Endocrinologists, molecular endocrinologists, biologists, molecular biologists, biochemists, researchers, and physicians will find this book extremely useful.

Author : Peter T. Ellison,Peter B. Gray
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674063990

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Endocrinology of Social Relationships by Peter T. Ellison,Peter B. Gray Pdf

In social relationshipsÑwhether between mates, parents and offspring, or friendsÑwe find much of lifeÕs meaning. But in these relationships, so critical to our well-being, might we also detect the workings, even directives, of biology? This book, a rare melding of human and animal research and theoretical and empirical science, ventures into the most interesting realms of behavioral biology to examine the intimate role of endocrinology in social relationships. The importance of hormones to reproductive behaviorÑfrom breeding cycles to male sexual displayÑis well known. What this book considers is the increasing evidence that hormones are just as important to social behavior. Peter Ellison and Peter Gray include the latest findingsÑboth practical and theoreticalÑon the hormonal component of both casual interactions and fundamental bonds. The contributors, senior scholars and rising scientists whose work is shaping the field, go beyond the proximate mechanics of neuroendocrine physiology to integrate behavioral endocrinology with areas such as reproductive ecology and life history theory. Ranging broadly across taxa, from birds and rodents to primates, the volume pays particular attention to human endocrinology and social relationships, a focus largely missing from most works of behavioral endocrinology.

Author : Jill B. Becker
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0262523213

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Behavioral Endocrinology by Jill B. Becker Pdf

The second edition of a popular introduction to the field of behavioral endocrinology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:180451807

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Vertebrate endocrinology by Anonim Pdf

Author : Yoshio Takei,Hironori Ando,Kazuyoshi Tsutsui
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 1156 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128010679

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Handbook of Hormones by Yoshio Takei,Hironori Ando,Kazuyoshi Tsutsui Pdf

Handbook of Hormones: Comparative Endocrinology for Basic and Clinical Research collates fundamental information about the structure and function of hormones from basic biology to clinical use. The handbook offers a rapid way to obtain specific facts about the chemical and molecular characteristics of hormones, their receptors and signalling pathways, and the biological activities they regulate. The evolution of hormones and gene families is also covered both in the text and in online ancillaries. Users will find simple and visual ways to learn key molecular information. Chapters and online ancillary resources integrate additional sections, providing a comparative molecular, functional, and evolutionary consideration. Provides the only single resource available with concise, yet informative descriptions of hormones in vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants Presents hormones in groups according to their origin, so that readers can easily understand their inter-relation Includes comparative information on the structures and functions of hormones enabling readers to understand both general and specific actions in and across species Ancillary website hosts additional information, including sequence data, comparative data, figures, and tables

Author : Jane H Bock,David O. Norris
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780128015810

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Forensic Plant Science by Jane H Bock,David O. Norris Pdf

Forensic botany is the application of plant science to the resolution of legal questions. A plant’s anatomy and its ecological requirements are in some cases species specific and require taxonomic verification; correct interpretation of botanical evidence can give vital information about a crime scene or a suspect or victim. The use of botanical evidence in legal investigations in North America is relatively recent. The first botanical testimony to be heard in a North American court concerned the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh’s baby boy and the conviction of Bruno Hauptmann in 1935. Today, forensic botany encompasses numerous subdisciplines of plant science, such as plant anatomy, taxonomy, ecology, palynology, and diatomology, and interfaces with other disciplines, e.g., molecular biology, limnology and oceanography. Forensic Plant Science presents chapters on plant science evidence, plant anatomy, plant taxonomic evidence, plant ecology, case studies for all of the above, as well as the educational pathways for the future of forensic plant science. Provides techniques, collection methods, and analysis of digested plant materials Shows how to identify plants of use for crime scene and associated evidence in criminal cases The book’s companion website: http://booksite.elsevier.com/9780128014752, will host a microscopic atlas of common food plants.

Author : P. J. Bentley
Publisher : Springer
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Endocrine glands
ISBN : UCSD:31822014060461

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Endocrines and Osmoregulation by P. J. Bentley Pdf

Author : Aubrey Gorbman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Endocrinology
ISBN : LCCN:59009345

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Comparative Endocrinology by Aubrey Gorbman Pdf

Author : Shlomo Melmed,P. Michael Conn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781592598298

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Endocrinology by Shlomo Melmed,P. Michael Conn Pdf

Maintaining the original goal of the first edition to integrate the basic science of endocrinology with its physiological and clinical principles, this new edition succinctly summarizes in 450 pages the latest findings on hormone secretion and hormone action, as well as all the most recent insights into the physiology and pathophysiology of hormonal disorders. Coverage extends across the entire spectrum of endocrinology-from mammalian cells, plants, and insects to animal models and human diseases-with much increased coverage of diabetes and metabolism. Highlights include cutting-edge discussions of appetite disorders, obesity, reproductive failure, control of thyroid function, hormone action in man and the lower species, and the mechanisms subserving hormone secretion.