BIO 610 - ADVANCED VERTEBRATE ENDOCRINOLOGY

College of Arts and Sciences

Credits: 3

This course is designed to provide students with an in depth 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 behavioral neuroendocrinology and how hormones influence the development and activation of behavior in humans and animal models.