Endocrinology

Introduction to endocrinology; the vertebrate endocrine system; endocrine methodologies; general mechanisms of hormone action; pituitary hormones; the endocrine hypothalamus; neurohypophysial hormones; the melanotropic hormones; hormonal control of calcium homeostasis; gastrointestinal hormones; pancreatic hormones; pancreatic hormones and metabolic regulation; growth hormones; thyroid hormones; catecholamines and the sympathoadrenal system; adrenal steroid hormones; endocrinology of sex differentiation and development; hormones and male reproductive physiology; hormones and female reproductive physiology; endocrinology of pregnancy, parturition and lactation; endocrine role of the pineal gland; neurohormones.