TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Toxic Responses of the Endocrine System
A1  - Hoyer, Patricia B.
A1  - Flaws, Jodi A.
A2  - Klaassen, Curtis D.
Y1  - 2019
N1  - 
T2  - Casarett & Doull’s Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 9th edition
AB  - Higher  animals,  including  humans,  have  developed  the  ability  to  regulate  their  internal  environment,  independent  of  wide  fluctuations  in  external  factors,  in  the  form  of  endocrine  systems.  An  endocrine  system  consists  of  (1)  an  endocrine  gland  that  secretes  a  hormone,  (2)  the  hormone  itself,  and  (3)  a  target  tissue  that  responds  to  the  hormone.  The  classical  definition  of  a  hormone  is  “a  chemical  substance  produced  by  a  ductless  endocrine  gland  and  secreted  into  the  blood,  which  carries  it  to  a  specific  target  organ  to  produce  an  effect.”  In  addition  to  the  humoral  communication  regulated  by  endocrine  systems,  the  nervous  system  also  regulates  overall  bodily  functions.  The  two  systems  are  intimately  interconnected  and  normally  work  in  close  concert.  One  direct  point  at  which  the  two  systems  interface  involves  “neuroendocrine”  cells,  which  are  special  types  of  neurons  capable  of  secreting  humoral  substances  (hormones)  in  response  to  synaptic  input  (neurotransmitters).  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1158500922
ER  -