Hormones and the Endocrine System

Textbook of Endocrinology

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

AvBernhard Kleine,Winfried G. Rossmanith

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This book focuses on hormones, and on how they are produced in very diverse regions of the body in humans and animals. The book addresses the different classes of hormones: protein/peptides hormones, steroids and juvenile hormones and hormones like catecholamines, thyroid hormones and melatonin.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-02-24
Mått155 x 235 x 31 mm
Vikt844 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor437
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319150598
OriginaltitelHormone und Hormonsystem - Lehrbuch der Endokrinologie

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Bernhard Kleine studied Chemistry but later on turned to endocrinology and worked as scientist in Winfried Rossmanith´s laboratories at the universities of Ulm and Karlsruhe. He then went into Clinical Research and gained expertise in Drug Supply management, Contract management, SOP training and Clinical database design. Currently he is programming the simulation of clinical study supply to determine feasibility and costs of almost any study.Winfried Rossmanith is physician and head of the department of the gynecological hospital of the Klinikum Mittelbaden Baden-Baden Balg. He was laboratory leader at the university of Ulm.

Introduction.-History of Hormones and Endocrinology.- I. Hormone biochemistry.-Hormones: Definitions.-Vertebrate Protein and Peptide Hormones.-Invertebrate protein and peptide hormones.-Hormones from Mevalonate: JH and Steroids.-Hormones Derived by Amino Acid Conversion.-Receptors.-II. Endocrine physiology.-Synthesis, Release, and Action.-Endocrine active organs.-Regulatory Patterns.-Endocrine Rock 'n Roll: Rhythms and Secretion.- Evolution of the Endocrine System.-III. Hormones and medicine.-Diseases of the Endocrine System.-Boosting Performance-Legally or Not.-IV. Appendix.-A. Appendix.-B. References.-C. Index