Description
Volume I of this treatise is devoted to osmotic and ionic regulation, the physiology of excretion, and certain aspects of fish metabolism. The endocrinology of fishes is considered in Volume II. Few fields of animal physiology have expanded more rapidly during the past decade.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors.Preface.Contents of Other Volumes.The Pituitary Gland: Anatomy and Histophysiology, J.N. Ball and B.I. Baker.The Neurophypophys, A.M. Perks.Prolactin (Fish Prolactin or Paralactin) and Growth Hormone, J.N. Ball.Thyroid Function and Its Control in Fishes, A. Gorbman.The Endocrine Pancreas, A. Epple.The adrenocortical Steroids, Adrenocorticotropin and the Corpuscles of Stannius, I.C. Jones, D.K.O. Chan, I.W. Henderson and J.N. Ball.The Ultimobranchial Glands and Calcium Regulation, D.H. Copp.Urophysis and Caudal Neurosecretory System, H.A. Bern.Author Index.Systematic Index.Subject Index.
