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DIE NEUROENDOKRINE STEUERUNG DER ADAPTATIONSTÄTIGKEIT

DIE NEUROENDOKRINE STEUERUNG DER ADAPTATIONSTÄTIGKEIT Book Reviews DIE NEUROENDOKRINE STEUERUNG DER ADAPTATIONSTATIGKEIT. By Professor Dr. K. LissAE and Dr. E. ENDROCZI. Budapest: Hungarian Sciences. 1960. Pp. 172. Academy of This very interesting book surveys the knowledge about the control of the secretion adrenal cortex from every aspect. Much of the space is taken up by observa- of the of the changes in secretion effected by different stimuli. The authors have tions carried out extensive experimental work on the subject, and have made paper chromatographic analyses of adrenal vein blood under a variety of circumstances. Anaesthetized animals and conscious dogs with implanted cannulae were used. In addition to confirming observations of others, the authors bring most interesting evidence for the occurrence, as a result of specific stimuli, of qualitative changes in corticoid synthesis and the manufacture of compounds normally absent from adrenal vein blood. Another aspect of the problem which is little investigated in this country between, on the one hand, rate of adrenal secretion and is that of the connection adrenal reactivity to stimuli, and, on the other hand, behavioural types or behavioural The authors are cautious in their conclusions and there is no confusion abnormalities. of fact and interpretation. This book should be of interest to physiologists, psycho- logists and psychiatrists in;terested in the interaction of hormones and nervous function. MARTHE VOGT. OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY. II. GENERAL PHIYSIOLOGY. By PRINCIPLES Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd. 1960. Pp. xxiii + 848. L. E. BAYLISS. London: 85s. volume of this textbook follows the first (for review see Vol. 44, p. 404) The second with commendable speed, but still, alas, without the pictures which gave such character to the early editions. The subject matter is treated in nine chapters- the living cell and its environment, nutrition, excitation and inhibition, effector organs, receptor organs, integrating systems (hormones and nervous systems), the and the circulation of the blood, growth and reproduction, transport of metabolites and control systems. This subdivision, which is derived in part from homeostasis provides a pleasing arrangement of the material. Any physiologist previous editions, have been frightened away by the difficulties of Vol. 1, need have no qualms who may about Vol. which is nearly always easy to follow. Indeed the chapters on nutrition 2, and on and reproduction are for the most part very elementary and even in growth places almost superficial. It is strange to find a textbook with no mention of basal metabolism. In other sections the reader is sometimes lead into digressions, usually involving obscure points of comparative physiology, which are often far from On the other hand, there is an excellent essay, over forty pages long, illuminating. a which is usually not dealt with systematically in textbooks. on secretion, subject The final chapter on homeostasis gives a lucid outline of the subject with a varied and well chosen set of examples. Because the unevenness of the treatment, this is hardly a book to be recom- of mended to the unguided undergraduate. This is strange for the writer is co-author of a textbook on Human for medical students (see Vol. 41, p. 97), which is Physiology a model of balance and conciseness. Perhaps many of us are indebted to the less http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Experimental Physiology Wiley

DIE NEUROENDOKRINE STEUERUNG DER ADAPTATIONSTÄTIGKEIT

Vogt, Marthe
Experimental Physiology , Volume 45 (4) – Oct 10, 1960
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Book Reviews DIE NEUROENDOKRINE STEUERUNG DER ADAPTATIONSTATIGKEIT. By Professor Dr. K. LissAE and Dr. E. ENDROCZI. Budapest: Hungarian Sciences. 1960. Pp. 172. Academy of This very interesting book surveys the knowledge about the control of the secretion adrenal cortex from every aspect. Much of the space is taken up by observa- of the of the changes in secretion effected by different stimuli. The authors have tions carried out extensive experimental work on the subject, and have made paper chromatographic analyses of adrenal vein blood under a variety of circumstances. Anaesthetized animals and conscious dogs with implanted cannulae were used. In addition to confirming observations of others, the authors bring most interesting evidence for the occurrence, as a result of specific stimuli, of qualitative changes in corticoid synthesis and the manufacture of compounds normally absent from adrenal vein blood. Another aspect of the problem which is little investigated in this country between, on the one hand, rate of adrenal secretion and is that of the connection adrenal reactivity to stimuli, and, on the other hand, behavioural types or behavioural The authors are cautious in their conclusions and there is no confusion abnormalities. of fact and interpretation. This book should be of interest to physiologists, psycho- logists and psychiatrists in;terested in the interaction of hormones and nervous function. MARTHE VOGT. OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY. II. GENERAL PHIYSIOLOGY. By PRINCIPLES Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd. 1960. Pp. xxiii + 848. L. E. BAYLISS. London: 85s. volume of this textbook follows the first (for review see Vol. 44, p. 404) The second with commendable speed, but still, alas, without the pictures which gave such character to the early editions. The subject matter is treated in nine chapters- the living cell and its environment, nutrition, excitation and inhibition, effector organs, receptor organs, integrating systems (hormones and nervous systems), the and the circulation of the blood, growth and reproduction, transport of metabolites and control systems. This subdivision, which is derived in part from homeostasis provides a pleasing arrangement of the material. Any physiologist previous editions, have been frightened away by the difficulties of Vol. 1, need have no qualms who may about Vol. which is nearly always easy to follow. Indeed the chapters on nutrition 2, and on and reproduction are for the most part very elementary and even in growth places almost superficial. It is strange to find a textbook with no mention of basal metabolism. In other sections the reader is sometimes lead into digressions, usually involving obscure points of comparative physiology, which are often far from On the other hand, there is an excellent essay, over forty pages long, illuminating. a which is usually not dealt with systematically in textbooks. on secretion, subject The final chapter on homeostasis gives a lucid outline of the subject with a varied and well chosen set of examples. Because the unevenness of the treatment, this is hardly a book to be recom- of mended to the unguided undergraduate. This is strange for the writer is co-author of a textbook on Human for medical students (see Vol. 41, p. 97), which is Physiology a model of balance and conciseness. Perhaps many of us are indebted to the less

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