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Development, Maturation, and Senescence of Neuroendocrine Systems

A Comparative Approach

  • 1st Edition - January 28, 1989
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Colin G. Scanes
  • Language: English

Development, Maturation, and Senescence of Neuroendocrine Systems: A Comparative Approach discusses the various phases of the aging continuum of neuroendocrine systems. This book… Read more

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Development, Maturation, and Senescence of Neuroendocrine Systems: A Comparative Approach discusses the various phases of the aging continuum of neuroendocrine systems. This book explores the fundamental and physiological component of animals, which is an essential contributor to senescence. Organized into three parts encompassing 21 chapters, this volume starts with a discussion of the concept of neurosecretory neuron that was introduced by Ernst Scharrer in 1928. This book discusses the challenges in the study of the development of the neuroendocrine system in insects, with a focus on Lepidoptera. Other chapters consider the neuroendocrine mechanisms that control the physiological processes in crustaceans. The reader is then introduced to the major neurohemal structures in crustaceans, including the sinus gland, the pericardial organs, and the post-commissural organs. The final chapter discusses the two brain systems that show impact of endogenous steroids that account for subsets of senescent changes. This book is a valuable resource for neurobiologists, molecular biologists, and immunologists.

Table of contents


Contributors

Preface

Part I Comparison of Neuroendocrine Systems

1. An Introduction to the Neuroendocrine System

2. Development of the Insect Neuroendocrine System

3. Development, Maturation, and Aging in the Crustacean Neuroendocrine System

4. Aging in Molluscan Nervous and Neuroendocrine Systems

5. Neuroendocrine Aspects of Amphibian Metamorphosis

Part II Development and Aging of Reproductive Systems and Functions

6. An Introduction to Development and Aging of Reproductive Systems and Functions

7. The Brain-Pituitary-Gonad Axis in Poikilotherms

8. The Brain-Pituitary-Gonad Axis in Homeotherms

9. Neuroendocrine Regulation of the Mammalian Fetus

10. Prenatal and Postnatal Functions of the Biological Clock in Reproductive Development

11. Comparative Aspects of Female Puberty

12. Neurohumoral Hysteresis as a Mechanism for Aging in Humans and Other Species: Comparative Aspects

13. Salmonids and Annual Fishes: Death after Sex

Part III Neuroendocrinology and the Environment

14. Development and Senescence of the Neuroendocrine Systems Controlling Growth and Responses to the Environment: An Introduction

15. Neuroendocrine Models Regulating Lifespan

16. Thyroid Hormones in Early Development, with Special Reference to Teleost Fishes

17. The Hypothalamo-Pituitary (Growth Hormone)-Somatomedin Axis

18. Development and Aging of the Thyroid in Homeotherms

19. The Adrenals

20. Development, Maturation, and Senescence of Sympathetic Innervation of Secondary Immune Organs

21 Is Senescence Obligatory in Eukaryotic Cells?

Index


Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 28, 1989
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Colin G. Scanes

Dr. Colin G. Scanes is Professor Emeritus of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He obtained his PhD from the University of Wales and his DSc from Hull University. His research interests include anthrozoology; animal physiology, nutrition, and production; and veterinary medicine. He has received numerous awards for his research in animal and agricultural sciences, most recently from the American Society of Animal Science. In addition to faculty positions with the University of Wisconsin, Iowa State University, and Mississippi State University, Dr. Scanes has worked various federal positions with the USDA, SANREM CRSP, DOE, and EPA FQPA. He has led the development of more than a dozen books, including the first edition of Animals and Human Society and seven editions of Sturkie’s Avian Physiology.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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