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Overview
In Alcohol and Hormones, leading researchers concisely review what is known about each human hormone system and how these systems are affected by alcohol use, to a lesser extent, other drugs of abuse. The contributors show clearly just how the body is regulated and how its normal functioning can be changed by alcohol.Major topics covered range from alcohol-stress interactions and the effects of alcohol on vitamin A metabolism (fetal alcohol syndrome and neural tube development) to how alcohol blocks the release of various peptide hormones, to its effects on puberty-related events in the female. There are also articles about how alcohol affects the control of body temperature, the impact of alcohol on male sexual development during puberty, the role of TRH in alcohol use disorders, and the possibility for a neuroendocrinological component in alcoholism.
Alcohol and Hormones will be of interest to biomedical and alcohol researchers, neurobiologists, endocrinologists, pharmacologists, psychiatrists, and some clinicians interested in a deeper understanding of the effects of alcohol on the body.
The book contains black-and-white illustrations.
Synopsis
In Alcohol and Hormones, leading researchers concisely review what is known about each human hormone system and how these systems are affected by alcohol use, to a lesser extent, other drugs of abuse. The contributors show clearly just how the body is regulated and how its normal functioning can be changed by alcohol.
Major topics covered range from alcohol-stress interactions and the effects of alcohol on vitamin A metabolism (fetal alcohol syndrome and neural tube development) to how alcohol blocks the release of various peptide hormones, to its effects on puberty-related events in the female. There are also articles about how alcohol affects the control of body temperature, the impact of alcohol on male sexual development during puberty, the role of TRH in alcohol use disorders, and the possibility for a neuroendocrinological component in alcoholism.
Alcohol and Hormones will be of interest to biomedical and alcohol researchers, neurobiologists, endocrinologists, pharmacologists, psychiatrists, and some clinicians interested in a deeper understanding of the effects of alcohol on the body.
Roy E. Weiss
This book is a valiant attempt on the part of the editor to bring together scholarly expositions on the effect alcohol has on the endocrine system in general, using animal models as well as information available in humans. The volume is number six in a series on Drug and Alcohol Abuse Reviews. The contributors are all experts in their fields and widely published. The purpose could be to relate the laboratory data in animals and in tissue culture with observed clinical phenomena in a very important area. This approach would allow the reader to gain some insight in the pathophysiology of alcohol's effect on the endocrine system in general. It is not clearly stated in the preface for whom this book is intended. The book would not be much use to the clinical endocrinologist looking for a source of up-to-date reviews on the effect of alcohol on pituitary, thyroid, pancreatic, parathyroid, etc., systems. The book would probably not be very useful to the animal physiologist or biochemist because it does not provide a comprehensive enough review of the literature on alcohol effect on hormones. A behavioral scientist would be easily lost because the basic endocrinology is not well described. The title is very catchy, and I was looking forward to something different than what I actually found. The first chapter had no tables or figures (as did many other chapters in the text) and was quite superficial, without much raw data, although it had a good bibliography. The second chapter was all about opioid receptors, and not once was the word alcohol mentioned nor why it was relevant to include this chapter in a book on alcohol and hormones. However, the third chapter was excellent, with goodillustrations and lots of information. There were several other chapters like that but they were clearly a minority. Most notably absent was the entire discussion of the effect of alcohol and Cushing's syndrome. There is a need for a book that will systematically review information and come up with insights on the effect of alcohol on the endocrine system. This book achieved that objective with respect to the ovaries and testes.
Editorials
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Reviewer: Roy E. Weiss, MD, PhD(University of Chicago Medical Center)Description: This book is a valiant attempt on the part of the editor to bring together scholarly expositions on the effect alcohol has on the endocrine system in general, using animal models as well as information available in humans. The volume is number six in a series on Drug and Alcohol Abuse Reviews. The contributors are all experts in their fields and widely published.
Purpose: The purpose could be to relate the laboratory data in animals and in tissue culture with observed clinical phenomena in a very important area. This approach would allow the reader to gain some insight in the pathophysiology of alcohol's effect on the endocrine system in general.
Audience: It is not clearly stated in the preface for whom this book is intended. The book would not be much use to the clinical endocrinologist looking for a source of up-to-date reviews on the effect of alcohol on pituitary, thyroid, pancreatic, parathyroid, etc., systems. The book would probably not be very useful to the animal physiologist or biochemist because it does not provide a comprehensive enough review of the literature on alcohol effect on hormones. A behavioral scientist would be easily lost because the basic endocrinology is not well described.
Features: The title is very catchy, and I was looking forward to something different than what I actually found. The first chapter had no tables or figures (as did many other chapters in the text) and was quite superficial, without much raw data, although it had a good bibliography. The second chapter was all about opioid receptors, and not once was the word alcohol mentioned nor why it was relevant to include this chapter in a book on alcohol and hormones. However, the third chapter was excellent, with good illustrations and lots of information. There were several other chapters like that but they were clearly a minority. Most notably absent was the entire discussion of the effect of alcohol and Cushing's syndrome.
Assessment: There is a need for a book that will systematically review information and come up with insights on the effect of alcohol on the endocrine system. This book achieved that objective with respect to the ovaries and testes.
Roy E. Weiss
This book is a valiant attempt on the part of the editor to bring together scholarly expositions on the effect alcohol has on the endocrine system in general, using animal models as well as information available in humans. The volume is number six in a series on Drug and Alcohol Abuse Reviews. The contributors are all experts in their fields and widely published. The purpose could be to relate the laboratory data in animals and in tissue culture with observed clinical phenomena in a very important area. This approach would allow the reader to gain some insight in the pathophysiology of alcohol's effect on the endocrine system in general. It is not clearly stated in the preface for whom this book is intended. The book would not be much use to the clinical endocrinologist looking for a source of up-to-date reviews on the effect of alcohol on pituitary, thyroid, pancreatic, parathyroid, etc., systems. The book would probably not be very useful to the animal physiologist or biochemist because it does not provide a comprehensive enough review of the literature on alcohol effect on hormones. A behavioral scientist would be easily lost because the basic endocrinology is not well described. The title is very catchy, and I was looking forward to something different than what I actually found. The first chapter had no tables or figures (as did many other chapters in the text) and was quite superficial, without much raw data, although it had a good bibliography. The second chapter was all about opioid receptors, and not once was the word alcohol mentioned nor why it was relevant to include this chapter in a book on alcohol and hormones. However, the third chapter was excellent, with goodillustrations and lots of information. There were several other chapters like that but they were clearly a minority. Most notably absent was the entire discussion of the effect of alcohol and Cushing's syndrome. There is a need for a book that will systematically review information and come up with insights on the effect of alcohol on the endocrine system. This book achieved that objective with respect to the ovaries and testes.Booknews
Leading researchers review what is known about each human hormone system and how these systems are affected by alcohol use, and to a lesser extent, by other drugs of abuse. Major topics covered range from alcohol-stress interactions and the effects of alcohol on vitamin A metabolism (fetal alcohol syndrome and neural tube development) to how alcohol blocks the release of various peptide hormones, to its effects on puberty-related events in the female. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)2 Stars from Doody