Neuroendocrinology: An Integrated Approach by David A. Lovejoy

By David A. Lovejoy

There was an explosion of curiosity within the box of neuroendocrinology during the last two decades with the invention of neurohormones regulating nearly every thing from development and improvement to sexual and competitive behavior.This ebook presents a much-needed creation to neuroendocrinology from a zoological and evolutionary point of view. It covers the evolution, improvement and outline of the neuroendocrine method during the animal kingdom.Specific subject matters lined include:The Evolution of early neuroendocrine structures in primitive animalsStructural characterisation, molecular biology and biochemistry of neuroendocrine agentsA profiles part on strange features of neuroendocrine body structure written by means of leaders within the fieldA distinct part at the activities of environmental chemical substances impression neuroendocrine structures in quite a few species

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22). By the early 1890s, the term ‘neuron’ had been coined to describe the brain cell. 21 Cuvier. Reprinted from The History of Biology, Erik Nordenskiold (1928). Author’s collection. 22 Purkinje cell, by Ramon y Cajal. Reproduced by permission of the Thomas Fisher Library of Rare Books, University of Toronto. fm Page 29 Friday, June 17, 2005 5:06 PM The 19th-century physiology and medicine 29 and selectively excited prompting Bernstein to develop the theory that the membrane of a nerve was polarized and that an action potential was a propagated depolarization of this membrane.

It is difficult to imagine how life evolved under these circumstances. Obviously, a stable environment by which these reactions could occur might increase the probability of their evolution into more complex interactions. An essential characteristic of living cells and life in general is homeostasis. A great proportion of the neuroendocrine signalling systems are aimed at achieving this. Homeostasis may be defined as the ability to maintain a more or less steady chemical equilibrium in a changing environment.

Until the end of the 19th century, most academic botanists tended to be doctors of medicine. By the end of the 16th century, there were thousands of chemists and alchemists who where trying many combinations and chemical reactions therefore having many novel observations. Among these chemists included van Helmont (1577–1644), who, influenced by the Paracelsians, coined the word ‘gas’ and continued to develop chemistry alongside human physiology. Thomas Sydenham (1624–1689) introduced laudanum, an alcoholic tincture of opium, to which other drugs may be added.

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