Calcium Hunger

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 homeostasis as a wide variety of clinical syndromes are tied to calcium metabolism. 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.