ULTRADIAN RHYTHMS
ULTRADIAN RHYTHMS Part of “CHAPTER 6 – ENDOCRINE RHYTHMS“ PERIOD RANGE AND ORIGIN The term ultradian is primarily used to designate rhythmicities with periods ranging from fractions of hours to…
CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS
CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS Part of “CHAPTER 6 – ENDOCRINE RHYTHMS“ BASIC MECHANISMS There is virtually neither a tissue nor a function in the human organism that does not exhibit regular changes…
ENDOCRINE RHYTHMS
ENDOCRINE RHYTHMS Eve Van Cauter Pronounced temporal oscillations ranging in period from a few minutes to a year occur throughout the endocrine system. These oscillations are part of the wide…
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSION Part of “CHAPTER 5 – FEEDBACK CONTROL IN ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS“ Related posts: ACTIONS OF GROWTH HORMONE HYPOPITUITARISM ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE HYPERSECRETION DIABETES INSIPIDUS REPRESSION OF BASAL TRANSCRIPTION/COREPRESSORS PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
EXAMPLES OF FEEDBACK IN ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS
EXAMPLES OF FEEDBACK IN ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS Part of “CHAPTER 5 – FEEDBACK CONTROL IN ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS“ Importantly, our current state of knowledge does not allow us to apply all these…
CLASSIFICATION OF HORMONES
CLASSIFICATION OF HORMONES Part of “CHAPTER 4 – HORMONAL ACTION“ A classification based on the location of receptors and the nature of the signal used to mediate hormonal action within…
FEEDBACK CONTROL IN ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS
FEEDBACK CONTROL IN ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS Daniel N. Darlington Mary F. Dallman The function of endocrine systems is to maintain homeostasis of the organism and to perpetuate the species. Homeostasis is…
HORMONE RECEPTORS
HORMONE RECEPTORS Part of “CHAPTER 4 – HORMONAL ACTION“ GENERAL FEATURES One of the major challenges in making the hormone-based communication system work is depicted in Figure 4-1. Hormone concentrations…
TARGET CELL CONCEPT
TARGET CELL CONCEPT Part of “CHAPTER 4 – HORMONAL ACTION“ There are ˜200 types of differentiated cells in humans. Only a few produce hormones, but virtually all of the 75…
