Anterior pituitary secretion and hormonal influences in water metabolism / / general editor for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme ; assisted by Margaret P. Cameron

• Pubblicazione: London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1952
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.4/027
• Soggetto topico: Water - Metabolism; Endocrine glands
• Altri autori: WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward) CameronMargaret P
• Note generali: Proceedings of two colloquia held at the Ciba Foundation: the Colloquium on the Control of the Anterior Pituitary and Reciprocal Relationships between its Secretions and those of Target Organs, held July 9-13, 1951 and the Colloquium on the Effect of Steroids on Local and General Water Distribution, held Jan. 8-10, 1951.; Contains only book II, Hormonal influences in water metabolism.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CIBA FOUNDATION COLLOQUIA ON ENDOCRINOLOGY VOLUME IV; CONTENTS; Book II-HORMONAL INFLUENCES IN WATER METABOLISM; Foreword by the Chairman; Chairman's Opening Remarks; The biological excretion of sodium and its relation to cellular water; Discussion; Regulation of intracellular potassium and relationship of this regulation to renal excretion of sodium and potassium; Discussion; The connection of carbohydrate and potassium metabolism in relation to the adrenal cortex; Discussion; Steroids and acid-base equilibrium; Discussion ; The interrelationship between the adrenal cortex, posterior pituitary and anterior pituitary in water metaboiismAntidiuretic activity in rat serum; Discussion; Hormonal influences on the water metabolism of new-born and young animals; The influence of sodium chloride on water diuresis and it. relation to the adrenal; Discussion; Comparison of the effect of cortisone acetate and of deoxycorticosterone acetate upon water balance; Discussion; Preliminary studies on the sensitivity of adrenalectomized dogs to the antidiuretic hormone of the posterior pituitary gland; Discussion ; The effect of adrenalectomy and deoxycorticosterone on the water content of mammary tissueDiscussion; The sodium-retaining activity of the corticoid fraction of urine of edematous patients; Discussion; The role of the liver in water metabolism; Discussion; Relationships between tissue growth and water and electrolyte balance; Discussion; The distribution of water, electrolytes, nitrogen, and chondroitin sulphate in hyaline cartilages; Discussion; Chairman's Closing Remarks
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• Altri titoli varianti: Hormonal influences in water metabolism
• Titolo autorizzato: Anterior pituitary secretion and hormonal influences in water metabolism
• ISBN: 9786613618443; 9781280588617; 1280588616; 9780470718803; 0470718803; 9780470716199; 0470716193
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911019782403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ciba Foundation colloquia on endocrinology ; ; v. 4.