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Record Nr.

UNINA9910876899803321

Titolo

Hormones, psychology and behaviour and steroid hormone administration / / general editor for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme ; assisted by Margaret P. Cameron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Churchill, 1952

ISBN

0-470-71517-0

0-470-71486-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation colloquia on endocrinology ; ; v. 3

Ciba Foundation symposium

Altri autori (Persone)

CameronMargaret P

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

Disciplina

500

Soggetti

Steroid hormones

Steroids

Hormones

Endocrinology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Proceedings of the Conference on the Influence of Steroid Hormones on Psychological and Behavioural Reactions, London, 1950, and the Conference on Steroid Hormone Administration, London, 1950.

Contains only book II: "Steroid hormone administration."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Hormones, Psychology and Behaviour Steroid Hormone Administration and Steroid Hormone Administration; Contents; Book II-Steroid Hormone Administration; Relation between effect and method of administration of androgens and cestrogens to fowl; Discussion; Some data on emulsions of steroid hormones; Discussion; Data on relative absorption rates of subcutaneous pellets of steroid hormones in rats; Studies on the absorption of pellets of steroid hormones and related substances in man; Discussion; Absorption data from tablet implantation in ruminants; Discussion

Data on progesterone physiology and metabolismDiscussion; 17-Ketosteroid excretion and modes of administering testosterone preparations; Discussion; Administration of sex hormones and sexual behaviour; Discussion; Artificial induction of lactation in goats by



steroid hor- mones and synthetic estrogens; Discussion of Dr. Cowie's paper; Discussion; The difficulty of evaluating the potency of steroid hormones by different routes of administration in humans; Discussion; Observations on the results of pharmacological assay of synthetic aestrogens and their clinical effects; Discussion

Clinical impressions of values of wstrogens and androgens administered by different routesDiscussion; Chairman's Closing Remarks