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Record Nr.

UNINA9910876792903321

Titolo

The human adrenal cortex / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Margaret P. Cameron ; assisted by Joan Etherington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1955

ISBN

0-470-71520-0

0-470-71489-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation colloquia on endocrinology ; ; v. 8

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

CameronMargaret P

EtheringtonJoan

Disciplina

616.4/027

616.4027

Soggetti

Adrenal cortex

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Contains part I only.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

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