Endocrinology
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Broader Terms
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Narrower Terms
hormone regulation /control mechanism, invertebrate endocrinology, pancreatic islet function, thyroid function
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Related Terms
endocrine gland /system, hormone, reproductive system
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Scope Note
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Endocrinology is the study of hormones, their receptors and the intracellular signalling pathways they invoke.
- Edited by Antonin Bukovsky, Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology is supported by an international Editorial Board.
- Periodicals; Endocrinology; Endocrine System Diseases; Endocrine System; Society for Endocrinology "The aim of the Society for Endocrinology is to promote the advance of endocrinology by observational, experimental or clinical studies.
- Ever since, Endocrinology is a strong discipline in our country, and the Society is presently supported by more than 500 active members.
- Endocrinology is a subdiscipline of the broader field, physiology, and is concerned with the study of chemical messengers, hormones, substances secreted by cells of the endocrine glands (ductless glands) and tissues that regulate the activity of other cells in the body.
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