INDOLEAMINE METABOLISM
INDOLEAMINE METABOLISM Part of “CHAPTER 10 – PINEAL GLAND“ MELATONIN Within the pinealocyte, tryptophan, an amino acid taken up from the blood, is metabolized to a variety of potential hormones…
MORPHOLOGY AND INNERVATION
MORPHOLOGY AND INNERVATION Part of “CHAPTER 10 – PINEAL GLAND“ GROSS ANATOMY The pineal gland, so called because of its resemblance to a pine cone (Latin pineas), is a multifaceted…
PINEAL GLAND
PINEAL GLAND Russel J. Reiter MORPHOLOGY AND INNERVATION INDOLEAMINE METABOLISM INFLUENCE OF HORMONES AND DRUGS ON MELATONIN SECRETION Related posts: DIABETES INSIPIDUS REPRESSION OF BASAL TRANSCRIPTION/COREPRESSORS PATHOPHYSIOLOGY PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA…
HYPOTHALAMIC SYNDROMES
HYPOTHALAMIC SYNDROMES Part of “CHAPTER 9 – PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE BRAIN AND HYPOTHALAMUS“ Several clinical syndromes have been attributed to hypothalamic dysfunction.51 Previously, patients have been described…
FUNCTIONS OF THE NONENDOCRINE HYPOTHALAMUS
FUNCTIONS OF THE NONENDOCRINE HYPOTHALAMUS Part of “CHAPTER 9 – PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE BRAIN AND HYPOTHALAMUS“ TEMPERATURE REGULATION For the body to function efficiently, its temperature must…
HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY UNIT
HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY UNIT Part of “CHAPTER 9 – PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE BRAIN AND HYPOTHALAMUS“ EMBRYOLOGY Between the third and fourth weeks of embryonic development, a longitudinal groove, the…
PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE BRAIN AND HYPOTHALAMUS
PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE BRAIN AND HYPOTHALAMUS Paul E. Cooper The brain and endocrine system have been linked since the 1940s, when the hypothalamus was first assigned a…
CHEMICAL NEUROANATOMY
CHEMICAL NEUROANATOMY Part of “CHAPTER 8 – MORPHOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE BRAIN, HYPOTHALAMUS, AND NEUROHYPOPHYSIS“ HORMONES AS CHEMICAL NEUROTRANSMITTERS The hypothalamus is one of the most complicated areas of the…
CLASSIC PATHWAYS
CLASSIC PATHWAYS Part of “CHAPTER 8 – MORPHOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE BRAIN, HYPOTHALAMUS, AND NEUROHYPOPHYSIS“ AFFERENT PATHWAYS Afferent pathways to hypothalamic nuclei arise primarily from the brainstem, thalamus, basal ganglia,…
NUCLEAR TOPOGRAPHY
NUCLEAR TOPOGRAPHY Part of “CHAPTER 8 – MORPHOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE BRAIN, HYPOTHALAMUS, AND NEUROHYPOPHYSIS“ HYPOTHALAMIC ZONES Because the hypothalamus is so rich in perikaryal groups and so poor in…
