Calcium Hunger: Behavioral and Biological Regulation

Calcium Hunger: Behavioral and Biological Regulation
ISBN-10
0521795516
ISBN-13
9780521795517
Category
Medical
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Jay Schulkin

Description

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 metablolism. 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.

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