Richard E. Brown's name appears first in the previous edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classification of chemical messengers -- The endocrine glands and their hormones -- The pituitary gland and its hormones -- The hypothalamic hormones -- Neurotransmitters -- Neurotransmitter and neuropeptide control of hypothalamic, pituitary, and other hormones -- Regulation of hormone synthesis, storage, release, transport, and deactivation -- Regulation of hormone levels in the bloodstream -- Steroid and thyroid hormone receptors -- Receptors for peptide hormones, neuropeptides, and neurotransmitters -- Neuropeptides I : classification, synthesis, and colocalization with classical neurotransmitters -- Neuropeptides II : function -- Cytokines and the interaction between the neuroendocrine and immune systems -- Methods for the study of behavioural neuroendocrinology -- An overview of behavioural neuroendocrinology : present, past, and future.