INTRODUCTION TO THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND THE PITUITARY-HYPOTHALAMIC AXIS

03/22/2000


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INTRODUCTION TO THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND THE PITUITARY-HYPOTHALAMIC AXIS

COMPARISON OF ENDOCRINE AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS

CATEGORIES OF HORMONES

PEPTIDES

PEPTIDE HORMONES

AMINES

STEROIDS

PLASMA CONCENTRATION OF HORMONES

TYPES OF ENDOCRINE DISORDERS

THE PITUITARY- HYPOTHALAMIC AXIS

HYPOTHALAMUS AND POSTERIOR PITUITARY

HYPOTHALAMUS AND ANTERIOR PITUITARY

CLASSIFICATION OF ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES

HYPOTHALAMIC-HYPOPHYSEAL PORTAL SYSTEM

HYPOTHALAMIC REGULATORY HORMONES

HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING AND INHIBITING HORMONES (HYPOPHYSIOTROPIC)

HIERARCHICAL CONTROL

NEGATIVE FEEDBACK

ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES:TSH

ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES:ACTH

ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES:PROLACTIN

ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES: GROWTH HORMONE

ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES: LH & FSH: ACT ON GONADS

Author: D. C. Mikulecky

Email: mikuleck@hsc.vcu.edu

Home Page: http://views.vcu.edu/~mikuleck/

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