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Hormones and other Messenger Molecules: An Approach to Unity

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Book cover Hormonal Control of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis

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Endocrinology was formulated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The central concept of endocrinology was that a group of specialized cells limited to one location in the body release chemical messengers which travel through the blood stream to act upon and regulate target cells throughout the body. These chemical messengers were named hormones 1.

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  1. Diabetes Branch, Laboratory of Nutrition and Endocrinology, NIADDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, 20205, USA

    Jesse Roth & Derek LeRoith

  2. Pilot Plant, Laboratory of Nutrition and Endocrinology, NIADDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, 20205, USA

    Joseph Shiloach & Chaim Rabinowitz

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    Kenneth W. McKerns

  2. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

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Roth, J., LeRoith, D., Shiloach, J., Rabinowitz, C. (1984). Hormones and other Messenger Molecules: An Approach to Unity. In: McKerns, K.W., Naor, Z. (eds) Hormonal Control of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis. Biochemical Endocrinology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9960-5_5

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