Hormones in blood [[electronic resource] /] / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Elaine C.P. Millar

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830723203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, : Little, Brown and Co., [1957]
• ISBN: 1-280-58911-6; 9786613618948; 0-470-71904-4; 0-470-71651-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (430 p.)
• Collana: Ciba Foundation colloquia on endocrinology ; ; v. 11
• Altri autori (Persone): MillarElaine C. P; WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)
• Disciplina: 612.405; 612/.405
• Soggetti: Hormones; Blood - Analysis
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: CIBA FOUNDATION COLLOQUIA ON ENDOCRINOLOGY VOLUME II; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; The state and concentration of the neurohypophysial hormones in the blood; Discussion; Some general principles in the bioassay of anterior pituitary and placental hormones in blood with special reference to clinical problems; Discussion; Inhibition of thyrotrophic activity with acetylated thyrotrophic hormone preparations; Discussion; The concentration of thyrotrophic hormone in the blood of the rabbit under different experimental conditions; Discussion; General Discussion; Thyroid hormones in the blood Disussion; Iodine in blood; Discussion; Insulin in Blood; Discussion; Factors influencing the level of ACTH in the blood; Experiments on the level of blood corticotrophin with particular reference to scurvy; Discussion; Corticosteroid-releasing activity in blood; Discussion; Morphological changes in the adrenal cortex in relation to concentration of steroids in adrenal vein blood; Discussion; General Discussion; Extra-adrenal factors affecting the levels of 17-hydroxy-corticosteroids in plasma; Discussion; Circulating steroid hormone levels in relation to steroid hormone production Discussion; Studies on the steroids of human peripheral blood; Discussion; The physicochemical state of cortisol in blood; Discussion; Steroid interaction in the in vitro biosynthesis of steroid protein complexes; Discussion; The use of [16-3H] aldosterone in studies on human peripheral blood; Discussion; Short Communication; The determination of plasma oestrogen levels in late pregnancy; General Discussion; Metabolism and placental transmission of cortisol during pregnancy, near term; Discussion; Progesterone and related steroids in the blood of domestic animals Discussion; Catechol hormones in blood; Discussion; General Discussion