ENDOCRINOLOGY
cod. 21339

Academic year 2007/08
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisiologia (BIO/09)
Field
Discipline fisiologiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

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Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<br />General principles<br />Hypothalamus<br />Posterior pituitary gland<br />Anterior pituitary gland<br />Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis <br />Sympathetic - adrenomedullary system<br />Neuroendocrinology of stress response<br />Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis<br />Endocrinology of reproduction<br />[Hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis]<br />[Endocrine pancreas]

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />- S.P. Porterfield. Endocrine Physiology. Mosby Physiology Monograph Series. 2001<br />- B. Greenstein. Endocrinology at a glance. Blackwell Science. 1994 <br />- J. Wilson, et al. Williams textbook of Endocrinology. Saunders Co. 1998<br />

Teaching methods

<br />Frontal teaching<br />Written and oral examinations

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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