Textbook of Endocrine Physiology

by Griffin, James E.; Ojeda, Sergio R.

• ISBN13: 9780195135411
• ISBN10: 0195135415
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-10
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This widely used text provides a thoroughly updated account of current knowledge in the endocrine sciences. Each chapter is structured to cover both established concepts and recent developments. The chapters are not only written at a consistent level and well-integrated with one another, but they also blend basic science with essential elements of clinical knowledge in order to give students an appreciation of the consequences of deranged endocrine function. The 4th Edition presents the latest advances in energy metabolism, obesity and the control of appetite, interactions between the immune and endocrine systems and their implication for tumor growth, hypothalamic peptides involved in the regulation of pituitary function, fluid and electrolyte balance, hormones of the heart and brain, and the series of new factors that regulate gonadal, adrenal, and thyroid development and function. The two chapters on the rapidly evolving feilds of genes and hormones and sexual differentiation have been completely rewritten by new authors.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Organization of the Endocrine System	3	(16)
Sergio R. Ojeda
James E. Griffin
Genes and Hormones	19	(32)
Perrin C. White
Mechanisms of Hormone Action	51	(38)
Carole R. Mendelson
Cytokines and Immune-Endocrine Interactions	89	(24)
M. Linette Casey
Assessment of Endocrine Function	113	(15)
James E. Griffin
The Anterior Pituitary and Hypothalamus	128	(35)
Sergio R. Ojeda
Samuel M. McCann
The Posterior Pituitary and Water Metabolism	163	(20)
Willis K. Samson
Sexual Differentiation	183	(19)
Keith L. Parker
Female Reproductive Function	202	(41)
Sergio R. Ojeda
Male Reproductive Function	243	(22)
James E. Griffin
Fertilization, Implantation, and Endocrinology of Pregnancy	265	(21)
Bruce R. Carr
Growth Regulation	286	(17)
Pinchas Cohen
Ron G. Rosenfeld
The Thyroid	303	(25)
James E. Griffin
The Adrenal Glands	328	(29)
Norman M. Kaplan
Calcium Homeostasis	357	(36)
Neil A. Breslau
Glucose, Lipid, and Protein Metabolism	393	(28)
Daniel W. Foster
J. Denis McGarry
Index	421