General and Comparative Endocrinology [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2016] John B. Allard, Cunming Duan

Endocrinology is an area of medicine; some would say a sub-specialty of internal medicine, which deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases related to hormones. Endocrinology covers such human functions as the coordination of metabolism, respiration, reproduction, sensory perception, and movement. Endocrinology also focuses on the endocrine glands and tissues that secrete hormones. This book is concerned with the numerous convolutions of vertebrate and invertebrate endocrine systems at the sub-molecular, molecular, cellular and organismal levels of analysis.