Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Illustration credits
- 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 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: neuropeptide function
- 13 Cytokines and the interaction between the neuroendocrine and immune systems
- 14 Methods for the study of behavioral neuroendocrinology
- 15 An overview of behavioral neuroendocrinology: present, future and past
- Appendix Journals in endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, psychoneuroimmunology and behavioral endocrinology
- Index
4 - The hypothalamic hormones
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 December 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Illustration credits
- 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 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: neuropeptide function
- 13 Cytokines and the interaction between the neuroendocrine and immune systems
- 14 Methods for the study of behavioral neuroendocrinology
- 15 An overview of behavioral neuroendocrinology: present, future and past
- Appendix Journals in endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, psychoneuroimmunology and behavioral endocrinology
- Index
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- An Introduction to Neuroendocrinology , pp. 40 - 55Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994