Hormones and the Endocrine System

Textbook of Endocrinology

Bernhard Kleine, Winfried G. Rossmanith (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

XX, 437 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 2016
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-15059-8 (ISBN)

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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. But hormones can be found not only in vertebrates, but also in insects, shellfish, spiders, mollusks, even at the origin of metazoan diversification and exhibit the same pathways of synthesis. The book addresses the different classes of hormones: protein/peptides hormones, steroids and juvenile hormones and hormones like catecholamines, thyroid hormones and melatonin. It also discusses the types of hormone receptors, the majority of which are heptahelical G-protein coupled receptors or nuclear receptors. Particular attention is paid to the organs where hormones are created, with specifics on hormonal production and release, while a dedicated chapter details hormonal regulation from very simple to highly complex schemes. The remarkable kinetics of hormones production are also shown, before the book is rounded out by chapters on evolution in the endocrine system, the genetics of endocrine diseases and doping.

Bernhard Kleine ist studierter Chemiker. Später wandte er sich der Endokrinologie zu und arbeitete als Wissenschaftler im Labor von Winfried Rossmanith an den Universitäten Ulm und Karlsruhe. Zur Zeit arbeitet er in der klinischen Forschung.

Winfried Rossmanith ist Arzt. Er war Laborleiter an der Universität Ulm. Derzeit ist er Chefarzt der Abteilung Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe am Diakonissenkrankenhaus Karlsruhe-Rüppurr.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.2.2016
Zusatzinfo	XX, 437 p. 443 illus., 270 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	848 g
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Endokrinologie
Schlagworte	endocrine disease • Endocrine System • hormones and hormon secretion • Physiology • signal transduction • vertebrates and invertebrates
ISBN-10	3-319-15059-6 / 3319150596
ISBN-13	978-3-319-15059-8 / 9783319150598
Zustand	Neuware