This new volume of Current Topics in Developmental Biology covers endocrine gland development and disease, and with contributions from an international board of authors. The chapters provide a comprehensive set of reviews covering such topics as sex determination & gonadogenesis, hypothalamus, paraythyroid and placenta. Covers the area of endocrine gland development and diseaseInternational board of authors Provides a comprehensive set of reviews covering such topics as sex determination & gonadogenesis and the adrenal, thyroid and pineal glands. INDICE: 1. Pituitary Gland Development and Disease: From Stem Cell to Hormone Production2. Development of the Medial Hypothalamus: Forming a Functional Hypothalamic-Neurohypophyseal Interface3. Mammalian Sex Determination and Gonad Development4. Mechanisms of Thyroid Development and Dysgenesis: An Analysis based on Developmental Stages and Concurrent Embryonic Anatomy5. The Pineal Gland from Development to Function6. From Pancreatic Islet Formation to Beta-Cell Regeneration7. Adrenocortical Development, Maintenance and Disease
- ISBN: 978-0-12-416021-7
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha Publicación: 29/01/2014
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés