The Pineal gland : endocrine aspects : proceedings of a symposium held in conjunction with the Seventh International Endocrinology Congress, Canada, April 1984
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The Pineal gland : endocrine aspects : proceedings of a symposium held in conjunction with the Seventh International Endocrinology Congress, Canada, April 1984
（Advances in the biosciences, v. 53）
Pergamon Press, 1985
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Includes bibliographies and index
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:pbk. ISBN 9780080319919
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This book contains a state-of-the-art view of the field of pineal research. It focuses on the pineal itself as well as on its relationship to endocrine function and psychiatric disorder. The following issues are covered by experts in the field: regulation of the pineal gland and in particular its relationship to circadian rhythms, the role of the pineal gland in seasonal and non-seasonal reproduction, the role of the pineal gland in humans and mammalian physiology, abnormalities of the pineal gland in depressive illness, and brain targets for pineal actions.
Table of Contents
(partial) Mechanisms for controlling pineal activity: an overview, D P Cardinali et al. Sympathetic regulation of rat pineal cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase. Involvement of alpha and beta adrenoreceptors, M I Vacas et al. Benzodiazepine receptors in mammalian pineal gland, P R Lowenstein et al. 5-Methoxyindoles, pineal peptides and reproduction, P Pevet. Isolation and characterization of a prolactin-like peptide from the ovine pineal gland, H P J M Noteborn et al. Pineal indoles and reproduction: retrospect and prospect, R J Reiter. Effect of light wavelength on the seasonal collapse of the male Syrian hamster reproductive system, G C Brainard et al. The central nervous system, peripheral glands and the pineal, I Nir. Night and seasonal synaptic ribbon and synaptic ribbon field counts in two species of fossorial hibernatory ground squirrels, E C Hurlbut et al. Melatonin and core temperature rhythms in chronic insomnia, G J MacFarlane et al.
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ISBN 9780080319926
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Hardbound. This book contains a state-of-the-art view of the field of pineal research. It focuses on the pineal itself as well as on its relationship to endocrine function and psychiatric disorder. The following issues are covered by experts in the field: regulation of the pineal gland and in particular its relationship to circadian rhythms, the role of the pineal gland in seasonal and non-seasonal reproduction, the role of the pineal gland in humans and mammalian physiology, abnormalities of the pineal gland in depressive illness, and brain targets for pineal actions.
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