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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830042003321

Autore

Symposium CIBA Foundation

Titolo

The Human Adrenal Cortex [[electronic resource] ] : Volume 8: Book I of Colloquia on Endocrinology

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2009

ISBN

0-470-71520-0

0-470-71489-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Collana

Novartis Foundation Symposia

Disciplina

616.4/027

616.4027

Soggetti

Endocrinology

Hormones

Steroids

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CIBA FOUNDATION COLLOQUIA ON ENDOCRINOLOGY; CONTENTS; Aspects of the histochemistry of the adrenal cortex; Discussion; Some observations on the problem of cortical zoning; Discussion; Mitotic activity in the adrenal cortex, studied in the rat; Discussion; Cellular-vascular relationships in the adrenal cortex, as studied in the rat; Discussion; Studies on the anatomy of the human adrenal cortex in various functional states; Discussion; The reaction of the adrenal cortex in conditions of stress; Discussion; The adrenal and famine; Discussion

The synthesis of corticosteroids by the human adrenal cortexDiscussion; Adrenocortical steroids in humans: metabolism and generalizations; Discussion; Adrenocortical function and plasma 17- ketosteroids in man; Discussion; Gradient elution chromatography of corticosteroids in human blood; Discussion; The biosynthesis of aldosterone (electrocortin) in the adrenal; Discussion; The excretion of sodium-retaining substances in human beings; Discussion; The possible r61e of electrocortin in normal human metabolism; Discussion; Biological studies with aldosterone (electrocortin); Discussion

Medullary-cortical relationships in the adrenalDiscussion; The effect of



epinephrine on the metabolism of 17-hydroxycorticosteroids in the human; Discussion; Relationships between cortical hormones and the catechol amine output in urine; Discussion