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Hormones / Anthony W. Norman, Helen L. Henry.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2015]Edition: Third editionDescription: xv, 413 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780123694447 (hb)
  • 0123694442 (hb)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.405 23 N.A.H
LOC classification:
  • QP571 .N66 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Hormones: an introduction -- Steroid hormones: chemistry, biosyntheis, and metabolism -- The Hypothalamus and anterior pituitary -- Posterior pituitary hormones -- Thyroid hormones -- Pancreatic hormones: insulin and glucagon -- Gastrointestinal hormones -- Eicosanoids -- Calcium-regulating hormones: vitamin D, parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, and fibroblast growth factor 23 -- Adrenal corticoids -- Hormones of the adrenal medulla -- Androgens -- Estrogens and progestins -- Hormones of pregnancy, parturition, and lactation -- Hormones related to the kidney and cardiovascular system -- The Pineal gland -- Growth factors.
Summary: The 3rd edition of Hormones offers a comprehensive treatment of the hormones of humans all viewed from the context of current theories of their action in the framework of our current understanding their physiological actions as well as their molecular structures, and those of their receptors. This new edition of Hormones is intended to be used by advanced undergraduates and graduate students in the biological sciences. It will also provide useful background information for first year medical students as they engage in studies which are increasingly problem-based rather than discipline-focused. As the field of endocrinology itself has expanded so much in the past two decades, the up to date presentation of the basics presented in this book will be a solid foundation on which more specialized considerations can be based. New to this Edition: Hormones, 3rd Edition is organized with two introductory chapters followed by 15 chapters on selected topics of the molecular biology of the major endocrine systems operative in humans. Coverage, for the first time of the following hormones; ghrelin, oxyntomodulin, kisspeptin, adrenomedullin, FGF23, erythropoietin, VIP and extended coverage of NO. Coverage of the hypothalamus has been integrated with the anterior pituitary because of the intimate functional and relationship between the two. Consideration of the role of hormones in cancer has been integrated into the chapters on the relevant hormones. Each of these areas occupies a unique niche in our understanding of the biological world and is part of the universality of signaling systems and how they govern biological systems.
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Previous edition by Anthony W. Norman and Gerald Litwack. 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Hormones: an introduction --
Steroid hormones: chemistry, biosyntheis, and metabolism --
The Hypothalamus and anterior pituitary --
Posterior pituitary hormones --
Thyroid hormones --
Pancreatic hormones: insulin and glucagon --
Gastrointestinal hormones --
Eicosanoids --
Calcium-regulating hormones: vitamin D, parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, and fibroblast growth factor 23 --
Adrenal corticoids --
Hormones of the adrenal medulla --
Androgens --
Estrogens and progestins --
Hormones of pregnancy, parturition, and lactation --
Hormones related to the kidney and cardiovascular system --
The Pineal gland --
Growth factors.

The 3rd edition of Hormones offers a comprehensive treatment of the hormones of humans all viewed from the context of current theories of their action in the framework of our current understanding their physiological actions as well as their molecular structures, and those of their receptors. This new edition of Hormones is intended to be used by advanced undergraduates and graduate students in the biological sciences. It will also provide useful background information for first year medical students as they engage in studies which are increasingly problem-based rather than discipline-focused. As the field of endocrinology itself has expanded so much in the past two decades, the up to date presentation of the basics presented in this book will be a solid foundation on which more specialized considerations can be based.

New to this Edition: Hormones, 3rd Edition is organized with two introductory chapters followed by 15 chapters on selected topics of the molecular biology of the major endocrine systems operative in humans. Coverage, for the first time of the following hormones; ghrelin, oxyntomodulin, kisspeptin, adrenomedullin, FGF23, erythropoietin, VIP and extended coverage of NO. Coverage of the hypothalamus has been integrated with the anterior pituitary because of the intimate functional and relationship between the two. Consideration of the role of hormones in cancer has been integrated into the chapters on the relevant hormones. Each of these areas occupies a unique niche in our understanding of the biological world and is part of the universality of signaling systems and how they govern biological systems.

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