Ultrastructure of Endocrine Cells and Tissues

ISBN-13: 9789401504386 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 339 str.

P. M. Motta; P. M. Motta

Opis

The chapters, prepared by recognized authorities in the field, present traditional information on the topic in a concise manner and, with a valuable selection of original illustrations, show what the integration of new microscopic methods can contribute to the subject in terms of new concepts.

Spis treści

1. Mechanism of secretion in endocrine glands.- 2. Fine structure of the pituitary pars distalis.- 3. Fine structure and development of the pars tuberalis in mammals.- 4. Ultrastructure of the pars intermedia: Development in vivo and in organ culture.- 5. Ultrastructure of Rathke’s pituitary cleft.- 6. The problem of the folliculo-stellate cells in the pituitary gland.- 7. Ultrastructure of the human neurohypophysis.- 8. The fine structure of pituitary tumors.- 9. The ventricular system in neuroendocrine mechanisms.- 10. Gut paraneurons and Segi’s cap.- 11. Cell types of endocrine pancreas by immunoelectron microscopy.- 12. Pancreatic polypeptide cells.- 13. Neuro-endocrine (APUD-type) cells of the lung.- 14. Recent advances in the ultrastructure of the carotid body.- 15. Ultrastructure features of the mammalian adrenal medulla.- 16. Extraadrenal chromaffin organs (abdominal paraganglia): Distribution, histology and fine structure.- 17. Fine structure of the adrenal cortex.- 18. Ultrastructural features of adrenocortical and hypophyseal cells in culture.- 19. Scanning Electron Microscopy of adrenal gland in mammals.- 20. Ultrastructure and stereological analysis of Leydig cells.- 21. Fine structure of the luteal tissue.- 22. Localization of gonadotropin receptors in the gonads.- 23. Fine structure of the thyroid follicle.- 24. Thyroid parafollicular cells: Ultrastructural and functional correlations.- 25. Ultrastructural pathology of the thyroid gland.- 26. Fine structure of normal human parathyroid gland as revealed by thin section and freeze-fracture with regard to some pathological conditions.- 27. Microvascularization of endocrine glands as studied by injection-replica SEM method.- 28. Innervation of endocrine tissues.