Overview
- Presents a comprehensive, up-to-date description of the anatomy, function, dysfunction, and diseases of the hypothalamus, including clinical management
- Discusses hormone excess and deficiency, obesity and wasting, sleep disorders, tumors and mass lesions, ROHHAD, and idiopathic and iatrogenic diseases of the hypothalamus, among other topics
- An excellent resource for endocrinologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, residents and fellows in these areas
Part of the book series: Contemporary Endocrinology (COE)
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This volume fills a significant void in the medical professional community, comprehensively presenting the scope of hypothalamic structure, function, dysfunction and disease to cater to the various clinical, teaching and researchprofessionals that have a stake in this part of the human brain. This text captures in one place all the information that practicing clinicians, clinician scientists, and researchers need to be adequately informed about various aspects of the hypothalamus in all its complexity. It is comprehensive and broad in scope so that it provides relevant reference information for the wide range of professionals involved in the pre- and post-mortem detection, diagnosis, characterization, care and management of various hypothalamic disorders and diseases in addition to providing a sound anatomic and physiologic foundation of the normal human hypothalamus.
The Human Hypothalamus can be used to differing degrees by medical professionals and students alike, finding utility for interested general clinicians, medical school and allied health professional teaching faculty as well as subspecialists in domains as wide as neurosurgery, neuroendocrinology, clinical psychiatry and neuro-oncology.
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Structure and Function of the Hypothalamus
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Pathobiology and Dysfunction of the Hypothalamus
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Book Title: The Human Hypothalamus
Book Subtitle: Anatomy, Dysfunction and Disease Management
Editors: Gabriel I. Uwaifo
Series Title: Contemporary Endocrinology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62187-2
Publisher: Humana Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62186-5Published: 25 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62189-6Published: 26 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-62187-2Published: 24 December 2020
Series ISSN: 2523-3785
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3793
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 528
Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations, 69 illustrations in colour
Topics: Endocrinology, Neurology