Hormones in Blood, Volume 11 (eBook)

Sir Gordon Ethelbert Ward Wolstenholme OBE FRCP was a British medical doctor, and the founding director of the Ciba Foundation. He was born in Sheffield, the son of a mechanical engineer, and educated at Repton School and Corpus Christi, Cambridge.

CIBA FOUNDATION COLLOQUIA ON ENDOCRINOLOGY VOLUME II 5
CONTENTS 9
Chairman's opening remarks 15
The state and concentration of the neurohypophysial hormones in the blood 17
Discussion 28
Some general principles in the bioassay of anterior pituitary and placental hormones in blood with special reference to clinical problems 33
Discussion 47
Inhibition of thyrotrophic activity with acetylated thyrotrophic hormone preparations 52
Discussion 63
The concentration of thyrotrophic hormone in the blood of the rabbit under different experimental conditions 66
Discussion 83
General Discussion 87
Thyroid hormones in the blood 96
Dissussion 104
Iodine in blood 109
Disscussion 124
Insulin in Blood 129
Disscussion 146
Factors influencing the level of ACTH in the blood 152
Experiments on the level of blood corticotrophin with particular reference to scurvy 164
Disscussion 175
Corticosteroid-releasing activity in blood 181
Disscussion 204
Morphological changes in the adrenal cortex in relation to concentration of steroids in adrenal vein blood 207
Discussion 213
General Disscussion 219
Extra-adrenal factors affecting the levels of 17-hydroxy-corticosteroids in plasma 222
Discussion 244
Circulating steroid hormone levels in relation to steroid hormone production 247
Discussion 262
Studies on the steroids of human peripheral blood 266
Discussion 272
The physicochemical state of cortisol in blood 277
Discussion 296
Steroid interaction in the in vitro biosynthesis of steroidprotein complexes 300
Discussion 320
The use of [16-3H] aldosterone in studies on human peripheral blood 323
Discussion 341
Short Communication 345
The determination of plasma oestrogen levels in late pregnancy 345
General Discussion 349
Metabolism and placental transmission of cortisol during pregnancy, near term 352
Discussion 370
Progesterone and related steroids in the blood of domestic animals 376
Discussion 389
Catechol hormones in blood 393
Discussion 405
General Discussion 408