Hormones and reproduction of vertebrates : volume 5: mammals

Provides a coordinated description of reproductive basics in each group of vertebrates. This title features terminology to reduce confusion where multiple names exist in the literature, and a comprehensive glossary of these terms and their alternative names is provided. It is suitable for research s...

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Main Authors: Lopez, Kristin H. (Author), Norris, David O. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Boston, Massachusetts : Elsevier ; Academic Press , c2011
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Sexual differentiation of the mammalian brain
  • 2. Neuroendocrine control of gonadotropins in mammals
  • 3. Endocrine and paracrine regulation of mammalian spermatogenesis
  • 4. The endocrinology of the mammalian ovary
  • 5. Hormones and pregnancy in eutherian mammals
  • 6. The comparative physiology of parturition in mammals: hormones and parturition in mammals
  • 7. Stress and reproduction in mammals
  • 8. Behavioral neuroendocrinology of reproduction in mammals
  • 9. Pheromones and reproduction in mammals
  • 10. Reproduction endocrinology of prototherians and metatherians
  • 11. Hormones and reproductive cycles in rodents
  • 12. Hormones and reproductive cycles in bats
  • 13. Hormones and reproductive cycles in primates
  • 14. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals(EDCs) in mammals