Central Regulation of the Pituitary-Adrenal Complex
This monograph gives an up-to-date account of the original results of the author's research in the complex field of the central control over relationships which have become established in the course of evolution between the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland. The author has limited the scope...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1973, 1973
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1973 |
| Series: | 1973
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Role of Different Parts of the Brain as Regulators of the Pituitary-Adrenal System
- Role of the hypothalamus
- The limbic system of the telencephalon
- The role of the mesencephalon
- Emotional factors and the pituitary-adrenocortical system
- II. Adrenergic Structures and Regulation of Pituitary-Adrenal Function
- Noradrenalin as a hypothetical mediator in the brain
- Effect of catecholamines and substances exciting and blocking adrenergic structures on the pituitary-ad renocortical system
- Ways in which catecholamines influence the pituitary-adrenal complex
- III. Cholinergic Structures and the Regulation of Function of the Pituitary-Adrenal System
- Acetylcholine as a hypothetical mediator in the central nervous system
- Action of acetylcholine and of substances exciting and blocking cholinergic structures on the pituitaryadrenocortical system
- Pathways for the effect of acetylcholine on the pituitaryadrenal complex
- IV. Serotoninergic Structures and Regulation of Pituitary-Adrenal Function
- Serotonin as a hypothetical mediator in the central nervous system
- The adrenal cortex, stress, and serotonin
- Disturbance of the serotonin balance and the pituitaryadrenal complex
- The central action of serotonin
- Localization of serotoninergic structures in the brain
- Conclusion