An introduction to neuroendocrinology / Michael Wilkinson, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Richard E. Brown, Professor of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
By: Wilkinson, Michael [author.].
Contributor(s): Brown, Richard E [author.].
Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015Edition: Second edition.Description: xix, 479 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780521014762 (paperback).Subject(s): Neuroendocrinology | Neuroendocrinology -- methods | Endocrine Glands | Neuropeptides | Neurosecretory Systems | Peptide Hormones | Receptors, NeurotransmitterGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | QP356.4 .B76 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000009855 |
Richard E. Brown's name appears first in the previous edition.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Classification of chemical messengers -- The endocrine glands and their hormones -- The pituitary gland and its hormones -- The hypothalamic hormones -- Neurotransmitters -- Neurotransmitter and neuropeptide control of hypothalamic, pituitary, and other hormones -- Regulation of hormone synthesis, storage, release, transport, and deactivation -- Regulation of hormone levels in the bloodstream -- Steroid and thyroid hormone receptors -- Receptors for peptide hormones, neuropeptides, and neurotransmitters -- Neuropeptides I : classification, synthesis, and colocalization with classical neurotransmitters -- Neuropeptides II : function -- Cytokines and the interaction between the neuroendocrine and immune systems -- Methods for the study of behavioural neuroendocrinology -- An overview of behavioural neuroendocrinology : present, past, and future.