Vertebrate Endocrinology. Edition No. 6

Table of Contents

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

Authors

David O. Norris Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado, USA. David O. Norris is Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado. He obtained his BS from the Baldwin-Wallace University and his PhD from the University of Washington. His broad research areas include environmental endocrinology and forensic botany. In the area of environmental endocrinology, his studies have focused on the neuroendocrine control of thyroid, adrenal, and reproductive functions with special interest in the role of environmental factors that alter the activities of these neuroendocrine systems. In the area of forensic botany, he specializes in the identification of food plants in the stomachs of modern humans with respect to determining time of death. James A. Carr Texas Tech University. Dr. James Carr is Professor at Texas Tech University. He obtained his BSc at Rutgers University and his PhD at the University of Colorado. He studies neuroendocrinology and the environmental endocrinology of amphibians and fishes, and he has taught courses in physiology, endocrinology, histology, and neurobiology. His endocrine research focuses on the neuroendocrinology of stress, the role of visual system neuropeptides in behavioral tradeoffs, and lab and field studies into the role of EDCs that adversely influence thyroid and reproductive physiology.