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 homeostatis‎,‎ 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.‎