In this book, the editors have collected together contributions from clinicians and clinical researchers from the United States, Canada and Europe and have presented a comprehensive and integrated account of this new and expanding sub-speciality within endocrinology. This volume seeks to guide the clinical endocrinologist and neurologist through the maze of research material so that an appreciation of the underlying functional problem can be made, together with practical advice in diagnosing and managing a wide variety of disorders.
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Höhe: 240 mm
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978-0-86542-041-0 (9780865420410)
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Professor, Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry, McMaster University, Canada
Anatomy of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis; Control of anterior pituitary function; Regulation and pathophysiology of posterior pituitary function; Neuroendocrine control of gonadotrophin secretion; The neuroendocrinology of anorexia nervosa; Puberty and its anomalies; Neuroendocrine aspects of growth hormone regulation; Acromegaly; Growth hormone deficiency: etiology and therapy; The neuroendocrine control of corticotropin secretion in normal humans and in Cushing's disease; Neuroendocrine aspects of thyrotropin regulation; Hyperprolactinemia; Pathology of pituitary adenomas; Neuroendocrine regulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system; Behavioral effects of brain peptides; Clinical utilization of hypothalmic hormones; Endocrine effects of stress; Neuroendocrinology of affective disorder; The pineal gland; Endogenous opioid peptides; Regulation and dysfunction of the central autonomic nervous system; Gastrointestinal hormones; Neuroendocrinology and the immune system.
