General, Comparative and Clinical Endocrinology of the Adrenal Cortex

Contributors

Preface

Chapter 1. The Structure of the Mammalian Adrenal Cortex


1. Introduction


2. Methodology


3. General Structure of the Normal Adult, Eutheria


4. Metatheria


5. General Features of Cell Organelles


6. Cytochemistry and Autoradiography at the Ultrastructural Level


7. The Embryonic Mammalian Adrenal Cortex: Morphology and Cytochemistry


8. The Fetal or Transient Cortex and the X Zone


9. Cytophysiology of the Mammalian Adrenal Cortex


10. Stimulation in Experimental Hypoadrenocorticism


11. Problems Associated with the Structure of the Mammalian Adrenal Cortex


12. Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 2. Steroidogenesis in the Zones of the Mammalian Adrenal Cortex


1. Introduction


2. Glucocorticoids


3. Mineralocorticoids: Acute Factors Affecting Secretion


4. Mineralocorticoids: Chronic Factors Affecting Secretion


5. The Renin-Angiotensin System


6. Functional Aspects of Adrenocortical Zonation


7. Inner Zone Function


8. Metatheria


9. Adrenocortical Sex Steroids and Gonadotrophins

References

Chapter 3. Catabolism of the Adrenocortical Hormones


1. Introduction


2. Catabolic Transformations


3. Catabolism of Specific Hormones

References

Chapter 4. The Adrenal Gland in Reptilia

Part 1. Structure


1. Introduction


2. General Morphology


3. Histology


4. Ultrastructure


5. Seasonal Changes


6. The Pituitary—Adrenal Axis


7. The Hypothalamo-Hypophysial Axis

References

Part 2. Physiology


1. Adrenocortical Control Mechanisms


2. Corticomedullary Relationships


3. Water and Electrolyte Balance


4. Protein, Fat and Carbohydrate Metabolism

References

Chapter 5. The Adrenal Cortex of Amphibia


1. Structure of the Adrenal Islets


2. Functions of Adrenocortical Secretions

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 6. The Actions of Aldosterone


1. Introduction


2. Effects and Actions of Aldosterone


3. Mechanism of Action of Aldosterone


4. Conclusion

References

Chapter 7. Aldosterone Secretion and its Clinical Disorders

Part 1. Control of Aldosterone Secretion


1. Controlling Factors


2. Physiological Variations in Aldosterone Secretion

Part 2. Disorders of Aldosterone Secretion


1. Primary Aldosteronism


2. Syndromes Resembling Primary Aldosteronism


3. Hypertension and Aldosteronism


4. Secondary Aldosteronism


5. Hypoaldosteronism

References