Update on Mechanisms of Hormone Action
Author | : Gianluca Aimaretti |
Publisher | : IntechOpen |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011-10-26 |
ISBN-10 | : 9533073411 |
ISBN-13 | : 9789533073415 |
Rating | : 4/5 (415 Downloads) |
Download or read book Update on Mechanisms of Hormone Action written by Gianluca Aimaretti and published by IntechOpen. This book was released on 2011-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the present volume is to focus on more recent aspects of the complex regulation of hormonal action, in particular in 3 different hot fields: metabolism, growth and reproduction. Modern approaches to the physiology and pathology of endocrine glands are based on cellular and molecular investigation of genes, peptide, hormones, protein cascade at different levels. In all of the chapters in the book all, or at least some, of these aspects are described in order to increase the endocrine knowledge.