Reproductive Endocrinology and Biology
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Reproductive Endocrinology and Biology

  1. 340 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Reproductive Endocrinology and Biology

About this book

We have now reached the mid-point of our editorial task of putting together the compendium, Principles of Medical Biology, which is supposed to be composed of twenty-five modules. The present single-volume module on reproductive endocrinology and biology is in more than one respect a continuation of Module 10 (in two volumes) dealing with molecular and cellular endocrinology. In addition, it intersects, as it should, with various parts of obstetrics and gynaecology, both of which are abetted by technology. One has only to recall that the practical benefits of ultrasound in perinatal medicine and in vitro fertilisation are the outcome of the technological revolution in biomedicine. Whether we are approaching a new era in reproductive biology following the invention of animal cloning is still hard to tell. For some people, it remains an article of faith that cloning of the human being is highly probable. For others, asexual reproduction is anathema. It should surely be obvious to us all that somatic cell nuclear transfer technology (SCNTT) is going to be at its strongest in dealing with husbandry. Whether this and several social forces will alter our modern outlook, there can be little doubt.As in diverse clinical and basic research, so in obstetrics, animals are used as a model. The data thus obtained is extrapolated, if valid, to the mother and foetus. The success of this approach is exemplified in studies carried out on sheep as a model. On the whole, it is also quite apparent that progress in the field of reproductive biology is to a large extent ascribable to the discovery in other disciplines of new hormones, as well as the introduction of new tools and recent improvements in laboratory methods including measurement of hormones.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Reproductive Endocrinology and Biology
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1. Sexual Differentiation of the Brain
  8. Chapter 2. Hypophyseal–Gonadal Relationships in the Male
  9. Chapter 3. Hypophyseal–Ovarian Relations hips
  10. Chapter 4. The Biology of the Ovary
  11. Chapter 5. Biology of Human Fertilization: Sperm–Egg Interactions and Early Development
  12. Chapter 6. Uterine Environment during the Implantation of the Embryo
  13. Chapter 7. The Pineal Gland, Melatonin, and Reproduction
  14. Chapter 8. The Endocrinology of Pregnancy
  15. Chapter 9. The Endocrinology of Late Pregnancy and Parturition
  16. Chapter 10. Maternal Adaptation to Pregnancy
  17. Chapter 11. Amniotic Dynamics
  18. Chapter 12. Ultrasound in Perinatal Medicine
  19. Chapter 13. Placental Toxicology
  20. Chapter 14. Preeclampsia and Eclampsia
  21. Chapter 15. The Premenstrual Syndrome
  22. Chapter 16. How RU 486 Works
  23. Chapter 17. Infertility
  24. Index