Calcium Hunger
Calcium Hunger
Behavioral and Biological Regulation
Paperback
This book brings together the behavioral, physiological, and neuroendocrine regulation of calcium. An understanding of how the brain orchestrates whole-body demands for calcium is introduced. The approach is one in which behavior in addition to physiology serves bodily maintenance. The book links basic and clinical literature surrounding calcium homeostatis, as a wide variety of clinical syndromes are tied to calcium metabolism. Because calcium is so important during life stages particular to women, an emphasis is placed on the relevance of calcium to women's health throughout the book, though not exclusively since calcium is fundamental to both sexes.
- First book on neuroendocrine regulation of calcium
- Jay Schulkin is a well-known researcher in the field of neuroendocrine regulation of behavior
Product details
No date availablePaperback
9780521795517
218 pages
229 × 152 × 13 mm
0.33kg
68 b/w illus. 14 tables
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Behavioral regulation of the internal milieu
- 2. Behavioral/gustatory regulation of calcium
- 3. Gender differences in calcium regulation
- 4. Neural and endocrine regulation of calcium ingestion
- 5. Nutritional issues, bodily health, and calcium regulation over the life cycle
- Conclusion
- References
- Appendix
- Index.
