Syllabus for Endocrinology, Fall Semester 2022
Cliff H. Summers
Churchill-Haines 168F

USD Department of Biology

 Endocrinology
BIOL 426/592
Fall 2022
Complete Syllabus 2022
Date  Topic Reading
Acronyms text: Vertebrate Endocrinology 6th Edition by D.O. Norris & J.A. Carr Abbreviations
Aug 23 Hormones, Paracrines, Autocrines...
Glands & Target Tissue		 1-12, 30-45
Aug 25 Receptors 57-61
Aug 30 Endocrine Homeostasis
Second Messenger Systems: cAMP 		13-20, 61-72
Sept 1 2nd Messengers: Inositol Phosphate, JaK/STAT 66-70
Sept 6 2nd Messengers: Map K
Mechanisms of Hormone Action via Nuclear Receptors 		71-72, 86-93
Sept 8 Genetic Regulation 86-93
Sept 13 Hormone Synthesis
Receptor Regulation 		52-61, 68-70
Sept 15 Hypothalamus 119-124, 135-139
203-210
Sept 20 Axes & Adenohypophysis: Tropic Hormones
Pars distalis: Tropic Hormones		 107-119, 124-134, 163-164, 187-203
Sept 22 Exam #1
Sept 27 Neurohypophysis: Vasopressin and Oxytocin 133-137
192-196
Sept 29 Thyroid Axis
Thyroid Hormones and Function 		207-229
207-229
Oct 4 Steroid Biosynthesis
Steroids: Progestogens & Androgens 		61-80
Oct 6 Steroids: Estrogens 61-80
Oct 11 Steroids: Corticosteroids 61-80
Oct 13< Adrenal Axis 261-273, 280-284, 291-299
Oct 18 Adrenal Axis 261-273, 280-284, 291-299
Oct 20 Adrenal Function: Chromaffin Tissue/Catecholamines 283-287
Oct 25 Adrenal Function: Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone
Gonadal Axis 		273-279, 317-370, 375-434
Oct 26 Harrington Lecture
Oct 27 Exam #2
Nov 1 Endocrinology of Reproduction 317-370, 375-434
Nov 3 Endocrinology of Reproduction 317-370, 375-434
Nov 8 Endocrinology of Reproduction 317-370, 375-434
Nov 10 Prolactin and Growth Hormone Family: PrL 112-115, 129-131
Nov 15 Somatic Growth Axis 175-176, 355-356
130-131
Nov 17 Growth Factors 143-145
Nov 22 Hormones of the Immune System
Calcium and Phosphate Homeostasis
Pancreatic Hormones		 101-102
487-511
453-461, 475-484
Nov 24 Thanksgiving
Nov 29 Feeding & Gastrointestinal Hormones; Guts and Brains + Melatonin 154-163, 213-218, 427-485
Dec 1 Exam #3
Dec 6 Hormones from the Brain: Neurosteroids
Neuropeptides
Evolution of Endocrine Systems		 3-12
20-27, 169-186

Grading: 3 exams + 1 drawing
75% is passing

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