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Environmental Endocrinology :

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3642669832

9783642669811

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Environmental Endocrinology :

[Book]

Proceedings of an International Symposium, Held in Montpellier (France), 11-15, July 1977

edited by Ivan Assenmacher, Donald S. Farner.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

1978

(volumes)

Proceedings in life sciences.

Introduction: What is Environmental Endocrinology? --;Introductory Lecture --;Emotion and Stress --;I Annual Endocrine Rhythms and Environment --;1. Seasonal States and Endocrine Levels in Insects --;2. Annual Gonadal Cycles in Teleosts: Environmental Factors and Gonadotropin Levels in Blood --;3. Environmental Regulation of Annual Reproductive Cycles in the Catfish Heteropneustes fossilis --;4. Environmental Control of Annual Ovarian Cycles in the Toad Bufo bufo bufo L.: Role of Temperature --;5. Reptilian Reproductive Cycles and Environmental Regulators --;6. Environmental Endocrinology and the Control of Annual Reproductive Cycles in Passerine Birds --;7. Annual Endocrine Cycles and Environment in Birds with Special Reference to Male Ducks --;8. Regulation of Reproductive Cycles of Tropical Spotted Munia and Weaverbird --;9. Breeding Cycles in Three Species of African Ungulates --;10. The Annual Cycle of Plasma Testosterone and Territorial Behavior in the Roe Deer --;11. Annual Cyclic Variations in Prolactin in Sheep --;12. Seasonal Reproductive Activity of the European Wild Boar. Comparison with the Domestic Sow --;13. Field Studies in Southern Tunisia on Water Turnover and Thyroid Activity in Two Species of Meriones --;14. Seasonal Changes of the Testicular and Thyroid Functions in the Badger, Meles meles L. --;15. Day Length and the Annual Reproductive Cycle in the Ferret (Mustela furo): the Role of the Pineal Body --;16. Photoperiodic Mechanism in Hamsters: The Participation of the Pineal Gland --;17. Seasonal Variations in the Endocrine System of Hibernators --;18. Seasonal Changes and Environmental Control of Testicular Function in the Hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus L. --;19. Annual Endocrine Rhythms in Healthy Young Adult Men: Their Implication in Human Biology and Medicine --;II Diurnal Endocrine Rhythms and Environment --;1. Endocrine Concomitants of the Sleep-Wake Rhythm in Man --;2. Effect of Sex Hormones on the Circadian Rhythm of Slow-Wave and Paradoxical Sleep in Female Rats --;3. Role of Brain Monoamines in the Regulation of the Circadian Variations of Activity of some Neuroendocrine Axes --;4. Diurnal Rhythms and the Seasonal Reproductive Cycle in Birds --;5. Central Neural Control of Endocrine Rhythms in the Rat --;6. Circadian Pattern of Secretion of Hormones by the Anterior Pituitary Gland with Particular Reference to the Involvement of Serotonin in Their Rhythmic Regulation --;7. Circadian Rhythms within and outside Their Ranges of Entrainment --;8. Effects of Ahemeral Environmental Periodicities on the Rhythms of Adrenocortical and Locomotor Functions in Rats and Japanese Quail --;9. Problems of Re-entrainment of Circadian Rhythms: Asymmetry Effect, Dissociation and Partition --;10. Rapid Re-entrainment of the Estrous Cycle of Hamsters to Reversal of Scotophase and Photophase --;11. Responses of the Diurnal Locomotor and Adrenocortical Rhythms in Rats exposed to a Weekly 8-Hour Phase Shift of the Zeitgeber --;III Endocrine Functions in Osmoregulation --;1. Hormonal Control of Sodium Transport by the Gills of Teleost Fish --;2. Environment and Osmoregulation among Lungfish and Amphibians --;3. Osmoregulation and Hormones in Reptiles --;4. Hormonal Regulation of Salt and Water Balance in Granivorous Birds --;5. Endocrine Responses in Osmoregulation: Hormonal Adaptation in Aquatic Birds --;6. Hormones and Mammalian Osmoregulation --;IV Endocrine Responses to Stress --;1. Feedback and Facilitation in the Adrenocortical System and the Endocrine Responses to Repeated Stimuli --;2. Is Posterior-Hypophysial Corticotropin Involved in Neurogenic Stress? --;3. Endocrine Responses to Acoustic Stresses --;4. Concentrations of Certain Hormones in the Blood of Human Males Subjected to Steady-State Noise --;V Endocrine Responses to Hyperbaria and Hypobaria --;1. Endocrine Responses to Elevated Ambient Pressure --;2. High Altitude Hypoxia and Adrenal Development in the Rat: Enzymes for Biogenic Amines --;3. Endocrine Responses to Chronic High Altitude Exposure --;VI Endocrine Responses to Ambient Temperature --;1. The Endocrine Component of Human Adaptation to Cold and Heat --;2. Human Growth Hormone Secretion in Responses to Cold and Heat --;VII Endocrine Responses to Malnutrition --;1. Neuroendocrine Aspects of Reproduction in Experimental Malnutrition --;2. Endocrine Responses to Malnutrition in Animals with Special Reference to Metabolic Hormones --;3. Endocrine Responses to Malnutrition in Man.

From 11 to 15 July 1977 about 60 physiologists, endo- crinologists, ecologists and other biologists from 14 countries convened at the University Montpellier for a symposium on Environmental Endocrinology.

Medicine.

edited by Ivan Assenmacher, Donald S. Farner.

Donald S Farner

Ivan Assenmacher

[Book]

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