BIO 410 - VERTEBRATE ENDOCRINOLOGY

College of Arts and Sciences

Credit(s): 3

This course is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of vertebrate endocrinology. Course topics will include the various classes of hormones, sources and synthesis of hormones, receptors and target tissues, mechanisms of action and regulation, and methods used in endocrinology and behavioral endocrinology. Details of classical endocrine systems will be explored. The last third of the course will focus on neuroendocrinology and how hormones influence the development and activation of behavior in humans and animal models.

Prereq: BIO 302 or BIO 315 or BIO 350.