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Brain endocrinology / editor, Marcella Motta - 2nd ed - New York : Raven Press, c1991 - xiii, 482 p : ill ; 24 cm - Comprehensive endocrinology .

Rev. ed. of: The Endocrine functions of the brain. c1980

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents: Neuroregulatory peptides -- Regulatory peptides in the neuroendocrine system -- Sexual differentiation of the endocrine brain and its control -- Neurosteroids : biosynthesis and function of pregnenolone and dehydroepiandrosterone in the brain -- Corticosteroid receptors in the brain -- Emerging tenets in the mechanism of gonadal steroid action of hypothalamic neurons -- Steroid-peptide interactions in the endocrine brain -- Opioid peptides and pituitary function -- Hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone -- Growth hormone-releasing hormone -- Growth hormone release inhibiting hormone -- Thyrotropin-releasing hormone -- Corticotropin-releasing hormone -- Neurohypophysial hormones and the brain -- Role of the endocrine brain in the contol of hypertension -- Role of the endocrine brain in the control of eating -- Aging of the endocrine brain

ISBN: 0-88167-768-x 088167768X

Standard No.: oc23356896

LCCN: 91014199 //r92

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Neuroendocrinology
Brain--physiology
Endocrine Glands--physiology
Neuroregulators--physiology
Neurosecretion--physiology
Neuroendocrinología
Cerebro--Fisiología
Glándulas endocrinas--Fisiología
Neurosecreción--Fisiología

Dewey Class. No.: 612.8/2