An Introduction to Neuroendocrinology

ISBN: 9780521426657 出版年：1994 页码：432 Richard Brown Cambridge University Press

Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1. Classification of chemical messengers 2. The endocrine glands and their hormones 3. The pituitary gland and its hormones 4. The hypothalamic hormones 5. Neurotransmitters 6. Neurotransmitter and neuropeptide control of hypothalamic, pituitary and other hormones 7. Regulation of hormone synthesis, storage, release, transport and deactivation 8. Regulation of hormone levels in the bloodstream 9. Steroid and thyroid hormone receptors 10. Receptors for peptide hormones, neuropeptides, and neurotransmitters 11. Neuropeptides I: classification, synthesis and colocalization with classical neurotransmitters 12. Neuropeptides II: function 13. Cytokines and the interaction between the neuroendocrine and immune systems 14. Methods for the study of behavioural neuroendocrinology 15. An overview of behavioural neuroendocrinology: present, past and future Index.