Endocrinology

"...a valuable new endocrinology text...creates a new niche between basic endocrinology monographs and encyclopedic clinical endocrinology and metabolism texts...highly recommend[ed]...Conn & Melmed have successfully created a new genre of endocrinology text." -Endocrine News From Reviews of the First Edition... "...plenty of the kind of...science that keeps medical students on the edge of their seats during lectures." -Lancet "...recommend[ed]...to clinicians who wish to understand progress in endocrine science and to students approaching endocrinology as a scientific discipline." -Molecular Medicine "...an...excellent base for a clinician interested in endocrinology." -New England Journal of Medicine "...a superb book for graduate students in physiology or molecular biology who are taking a course or are pursuing research in endocrinology and wish to broaden their knowledge of this field...highly recommend[ed]...as a current general reference in endocrinology..." -Quarterly Review of Biology "...succeeds best in its stated aim of integrating scientific and clinical principles...The reader is comfortably led from the bench to, but not beyond, the bedside of clinical practice...recommend[ed]...to clinicians..." -Trends in Molecular Medicine "...provides recent information on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of hormone action that explains endocrine disease. For the beginning endocrine student or physician/scientist wanting to gain a quick insight into...specific aspects of endocrine function, this is an ideal text." -Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

• to Endocrinology.- Hormone Secretion and Action.- Receptors.- Second-Messenger Systems and Signal Transduction Mechanisms.- Steroid Hormones.- Plasma Membrane Receptors for Steroid Hormones in Cell Signaling and Nuclear Function.- Growth Factors.- Prostaglandins and Leukotrienes.- The Neuroendocrine-Immune Interface.- Insects/Plants/Comparative.- Insect Hormones.- Phytohormones and Signal Transduction Pathways in Plants.- Comparative Endocrinology.- Hypothalamic-Pituitary.- Hypothalamic Hormones.- Anterior Pituitary Hormones.- Posterior Pituitary Hormones.- Endocrine Disease.- The Pineal Hormone (Melatonin).- Thyroid Hormones (T4, T3).- Calcium-Regulating Hormones.- Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes in Tumorigenesis of the Endocrine System.- Insulin Secretion and Action.- Cardiovascular Hormones.- Adrenal Medulla (Catecholamines and Peptides).- Hormones of the Kidney.- Reproduction and Fertility.- Endocrinology of Fat, Metabolism, and Appetite.- Endocrinology of the Ovary.- The Testis.- Endocrinology of Aging.