Endocrinology and psychiatry

Endocrinology and psychiatry

When the late Richard Asher's famous paper on 'Myxoedematous madness' in 1949 alerted a generation of British doctors to the association between hypothyroidism and psychosis, he was amplifying what had been noted in some of the earliest descriptions of myxoedema. There has been little advance in our knowledge of the association in recent years. It is now clear that, where the psychosis is organ...

Physiology and Endocrinology: Reproductive Endocrinology

The aim of the present study was to investigate the endocrinology of periestrus period and the days after until estrus in ewes (n = 40) synchronized out of breeding season and diagnosing the related pregnancies after laparoscopic insemination comparing to different doses of PMSG that was used. Animals treated for 12 d with CIDR followed by administration with different doses (0, 450, 550, 650, ...

Integrated Endocrinology Integrated Endocrinology

Endocrinology

Eureka book series are designed for comprehensive teaching from basic biomedical science to clinical skills. The target audience, are medical students from first year to qualification. The 3 authors of this book are all endocrine consultants at their hospitals who have been involved in teaching endocrinology to students and registrars. The book contains 13 chapters starting from basic science, ...

Physiology & Endocrinology - Livestock and Poultry: Endocrinology and Metabolism

To determine the effect of dietary brous ingredients on intestinal microbial population and activity, 48 early–weaned (24–25 days) pigs were divided into six dietary treatments: a standard diet (STD) based on corn, barley and soybean protein; or high brous diets obtained by replacing some major ingredients of STD with 8% Wheat bran (WB), 8% Wheat middlings (WM), 6% Sugar beet pulp (SBP), 4% W...