Endocrine physiology

Author: Chi Sumin
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book strictly follows the requirements of the newly revised teaching syllabus and provides a detailed yet concise introduction to the fundamental knowledge system of endocrine physiology. It ensures a reasonable coverage of the content, making it suitable for use in medical colleges and comprehensive universities. At the same time, it highlights the practicality, advancement, and innovation of the content, introducing the latest research findings in endocrine physiology both domestically and internationally. In particular, it focuses on the relationship between endocrine physiology and common diseases, as well as various research progress in these areas, aiming to enhance the interest of the book and broaden and guide research perspectives in both basic and clinical fields. In terms of content arrangement, we first introduce the brief history of endocrine physiology and its fundamental knowledge, laying the groundwork for the subsequent chapters. The book is divided into ten chapters, covering all the research findings in endocrine physiology across various disciplines. This primarily includes the endocrinology of the hypothalamus and pituitary, as their endocrine functions have a regulatory influence on almost all other endocrine glands and cells in the body. In the tenth chapter, we briefly introduce special endocrine metabolic issues that have garnered increasing attention, such as the relationship between the environment and endocrine, stress and endocrine, growth and development, and aging and endocrine.