References

Selected References
Bentley, P. J. 1982. Comparative vertebrate endocrinology, ed. 2. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Undergraduate text with good evolutionary perspective.

Bolander, F. F. 1994. Molecular endocrinology, ed. 2. San Diego, Academic Press. Excellent synthesis of a fast-moving field.

Chester-Jones, I., P. M. Ingleton, and J. G. Phillips (eds.). 1987. Fundamentals of comparative vertebrate endocrinology. New York, Plenum Press.

Clapp, C., and G. M. de la Escalera. 1997. Prolactin: novel regulator of angiogenesis. News Physiol. Sci. 13:231–237 (Oct.). Review of a new function for prolactin.

Gard, P. 1998 Human endocrinology. Bristol, Pennsylvania, Taylor & Francis Ltd. Good treatment of human endocrinology.

Gibbs, W. W. 1996. Gaining on fat. Sci. Amer. 275:88–94. Research offers hope of ways to treat and prevent obesity, a costly epidemic spreading through the industrial world.

Hadley, M. E. 1992. Endocrinology, ed 3. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, Inc. Undergraduate-level textbook in vertebrate endocrinology.

Laufer, H., and G. H. Downer. (eds.). 1988. Endocrinology of selected invertebrate types. New York, Alan R. Liss. Eighteen contributed chapters and an introductory chapter on the comparative endocrinology of invertebrates, radiates through echinoderms.

Lienhard, G. E., J. W. Slot, D. E. James, and M. M. Mueckler. 1992. How cells absorb glucose. Sci. Am. 266:86–91 (Jan.). How insulin regulates the function of a special transporter molecule that moves glucose across cell membranes. Norman, A. W., and G. Litwack. 1997. Hormones, ed 2. San Diego, Academic Press. Thorough treatment of vertebrate endocrinology.