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Hormones, 4th Edition
Litwack
Editore
Elsevier
Anno
2022
Pagine
474
ISBN
9780323902625
140,00 €
DA SCONTARE
- Includes updates on all chapters
- Covers sleep hormones, growth factors, intestinal hormones, calcium-sensing receptor of parathyroid, and others
- Provides essential basics for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers in the biological sciences, as well as clinical aspects and applications for clinicians
- Presented in separate hormone systems, covering the subcellular mode of action of selected hormones and a detailed understanding of their human anatomy and physiology
- Hormone Introduction
- Overview of Hormones
- Hormone Receptors
- Mechanisms of Hormone Action
- Clinical Aspects
- Further Reading
- Steroid Hormones: Chemistry, Biosynthesis, and Metabolism
- Introduction
- Chemistry of Steroids
- Biosynthesis of Steroids
- Serum Binding Proteins for Steroid Hormones
- Further Reading
- The Hypothalamus and Anterior Pituitary
- Introduction
- Anatomical Relationships
- Structure, Synthesis, Secretion and Target Cells of the Hypothalamic Releasing Hormones
- Chemisrty of the Anterior Pituitary Hormones
- Regulation and Biological Actions of Growth Hormone and Prolactin
- Clinical Aspects
- Further Reading
- Posterior Pituitary Hormones
- Introduction
- Anatomony of the Posterior Pituitary
- Structure, Synthesis, Secretion and Target Cells of the Posterior Pituitary Hormones
- Biological Actions of Arginine Vasopressin (AVP)
- Biological Actions of Oxytocin
- Clinical Aspects
- Further Reading
- New Content: effects of hormones on antioxidation
- New Content: discussion of thyrostimulin
- New Content: gene therapy for hormonal diseases, e.g. growth hormone
- Thyroid Hormones
- Introduction
- Anatomy of the Thyroid Gland
- Chemistry of the Thyroid Hormones
- Synthesis and Secretion of Thyroid Hormones
- Regulation of Thyroid Hormone Secretion
- Biological Actions of T3
- Clinical Aspects
- Further Reading
- New content: elaboration of new aspects of vasopressin and oxytocin
- Pancreatic Hormones: Insulin and Glucagon
- Introduction
- Anatomical, Morphological, and Physiological Relationships
- Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biological Activities of the Pancreatic Hormones
- Clinical Aspects
- Further Reading
- New content: description other hormones in the Islets of Langerhans
- Gastrointestinal Hormones
- Introduction
- Anatomical and Physiological Relationships
- Biochemical Properties and Molecular Actions
- Clinical Aspects
- Further Reading
- New content: discussion of new hormones
- Eicosanoids
- Introduction
- Structure and Nomenclature of Eicosanoids
- Synthesis and Inactivation of Eicosanoids
- Eicosanoid Receptors and Signaling
- Examples of Biological Actions of Prostaglandins
- Clinical Aspects
- Further Reading
- Calcium-Regulating Hormones: Vitamin D, Parathyroid Hormone, Calcitonin & Fibroblast Growth Factor-23
- Introduction
- Anatomical and Physiological Relationships
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Biology and Molecular Actions
- Clinical Aspects
- Further Reading
- New content: discussion about calcium-sensing receptor of the parathyroid gland
- New content: coverage of hyperparathyroidism
- New content: discussion of klotho will be added
- Adrenal Corticoids
- Introduction
- Anatomy
- Biochemistry and Biosynthesis of Adrenal Steroids and Testosterone Steroids
- Biological and Molecular Actions of Glucocorticoids
- Clinical Aspects
- Further Reading
- New content: action of Atrionatriuretic Hormone on adrenal cortex
- New content: discussion of apoptosis will be broadened
- New content: description of effects of steroid hormones on ion channels
- Hormones of the Adrenal Medulla
- Introduction
- Anatomical and Physiological Relationships
- Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Catecholamines
- Biological Actions of Catecholamines
- Clinical Aspects
- Further Reading
- New content: discussion of leucine- and tyrosine-enkephalins
- Androgens
- Introduction
- Anatomy of the Male Reproductive System
- Chemistry and Metabolism of Androgens
- Regulation of Androgen Production
- Biological Responses to Androgens
- Clinical Aspects
- Further Reading
- Estrogens and Progestins
- Introduction
- Anatomy of the Female Reproductive System
- Chemistry and Metabolism of Female Steroid Hormones
- Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovary Axis
- Biological Responses to Female Sex Steroids
- Clinical Aspects
- Further Reading
- Hormones of Pregnancy, Parturition and Lactation
- Introduction
- Anatomical Relationships and the Beginning of Pregnancy
- Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Activity of the Hormones of Pregnancy
- Parturition
- Lactation
- Clinical Aspects
- Further Reading
- Hormones Related to the Kidney and Cardiovascular System
- Introduction
- Anatomical, Morphological, and Physiological Relationships
- Homeostasis of Fluid, Electrolytes, and Blood Pressure
- Hormones and Blood Cell Production
- Clinical Aspects
- Further Reading
- The Pineal Gland
- Introduction
- Anatomical Features of the Pineal Gland
- Synthesis and Secretion of Melatonin
- Biological Actions of melatonin
- Clinical Aspects
- Further Reading
- New content: sleep hormones (orexins/hypocretins)
- Growth Factors
- Introduction
- Epidermal Growth Factor
- Fibroblast Growth Factor Family
- Platelet Derived Growth Factors
- Insulin-Like Growth Factors
- Transforming Growth Factor ß
- Clinical Aspects
- Further Reading
- New content: discussion on tumor necrosis factor
