Vertebrate Endocrinology

1. An overview of chemical bioregulation in vertebrates
2. Methods to study bioregulation
3. Synthesis, metabolism, and actions of bioregulators
4. Organization of the mammalian hypothalamus-pituitary axes
5. The hypothalamus-pituitary system in nonmammalian vertebrates
6. The hypothalamus-pituitary- thyroid (HPT) axis of mammals
7. The hypothalamus-pituitary- thyroid (HPT) axis of nonmammalian vertebrates
8. The mammalian adrenal glands: cortical and chromaffin cells
9. Comparative aspects of vertebrate adrenals
10. The endocrinology of mammalian reproduction
11. Comparative aspects of vertebrate reproduction
12. Chemical regulation of feeding, digestion, and metabolism
13. Comparative aspects of feeding, digestion, and metabolism
14. Regulation of calcium and phosphate homeostasis in vertebrates
15. Environmental endocrinology of vertebrates
Appendix A: Abbreviations
Appendix B: Vertebrate phylogeny and evolution
Appendix C: Amino acid abbreviations
Appendix D: Bioassays
Appendix E: Units for measuring hormones
Appendix F: Vertebrate tissue types
Appendix G: Metabolic pathways

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• Evolução
• Fisiologia animal
• Zoologia: Vertebrados

vertebrate endocrinology; neuroendocrinology; endocrine disruption; homeostasis; human endocrine disorders; evolution of hormones; environmental endocrinology; bioregulation; bioregulators; hormones; hypothalamus; metabolic pathways