Neuroendocrinology

Pbio 509/NeuBeh 541
Neuroendocrinology

Winter 2009

Tuesday & Thursday 10:30-11:50

H.S.B. T - 498

COURSE EVALUATION

Turn in the course evaluation by Tuesday, March 17th, noon to Jon C in G-424 or by email jonc@u.washington.edu

We value your opinion. The instructors will not see the evaluation until after grades are turned in.

You will recieve a bonus 0.1 to your final grade as reward for your feedback.

2009 Printable schedule (pdf)

Date	Day	Lecture Topic with ppt link	Readings	Question	Faculty
Jan 6	Tues	History & Principles of Neuroendocrinology (Quicktime version of slides)	Clifton "Basic Neuroendocrinology" the classic Moore & Price	Question due Jan 8th	Clifton
Jan 8	Thur	Classical Literature			Clifton

Jan 13	Tues	"Sexual Differentiation of the Brain"	Wilson & Davies (2007)	Question due Jan 20th	Steiner
Jan 15	Thur	"Sexual Differentiation of the Brain" - literature	Kauffman et al. (2007) Agate et al. (2003) Glickman et al. (2006)		Steiner

Jan 20	Tues	Body Weight Regulation & Metabolism	Morton Review Farooqi	Question due Jan 27th	Weigle
Jan 22	Thur	Body Weight Regulation & Metabolism - part 2	O'Rahilly El-Haschimi		Weigle

Jan 27	Tues	CNS regulation of body weight	Morton & Schwarz "Genetic Techniques"	Question due Feb 3rd	Palmiter
Jan 29	Thur	CNS regulation of body weight - literature			Palmiter

Feb 3	Tues	Circadian Rhythms	Chappell et al Iglesia et al	Question due Feb 10th	de la Iglesia
Feb 5	Thur	Circadian Rhythms - literature			de la Iglesia

Feb 10	Tues	Integration of Metabolism & Reproduction	Crown et al	Question due Feb 17th	Steiner
Feb 12	Thur	Integration of Metabolism & Reproduction - literature	Cheung et al Krasnow et al		Steiner

Feb 17	Tues	Neuropeptides & Reproduction	Popa et al "Error Bars" paper NOTE: Steiner will be asking you about the meaning of "error bars"	. Question due Feb 24th	Steiner
Feb 19	Thur	Neuropeptides & Reproduction - literature	Smith et al Clarkson et al Dungan et al	Scientific Writing	Steiner

Feb 24	Tues	Neuropeptide Signaling	required paper Hille et al	Question due March 3rd	Hille
Feb 26	Thur	Neuropeptide Signaling - literature	optional papers Karsch Millar Xu et al Hendrickson		Hille

Mar 3	Tues	Neurocircuits regulating bird song	Meitzen et al. (2007)	Question due March 10th	Perkel
Mar 5	Thur	Neurocircuits regulating bird song - literature			Perkel

Mar 10	Tues	Hormonal regulation of song systems	Brenowitz & Lent	Question due noon, March 17th to Jon C G-424 or email	Brenowitz
Mar 12	Thur	Hormonal regulation of song systems			Brenowitz

Grades in PBIO 509/Neubeh 541 will be determined by evaluations of the weekly writing assignments. Each QUESTION (one/week) will relate to the topic being covered that week. Each answer should be 1-2 type-written pages and answerable from the readings and discussion presented in class.

All weekly assignments are due on the Tuesday after the week of the lecture discussion.

Pbio 509/NeuBeh 541 Neuroendocrinology

Pbio 509/NeuBeh 541
Neuroendocrinology