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.

recommended reading

 

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		Clifton
Jan 8	Thur	Classical Literature			Clifton
Jan 13	Tues	"Sexual Differentiation of the Brain"	Wilson & Davies (2007)		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		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"		Palmiter
Jan 29	Thur	CNS regulation of body weight - literature			Palmiter
Feb 3	Tues	Circadian Rhythms	Chappell et al Iglesia et al		de la Iglesia
Feb 5	Thur	Circadian Rhythms - literature			de la Iglesia
Feb 10	Tues	Integration of Metabolism & Reproduction	Crown et al		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"		Steiner
Feb 19	Thur	Neuropeptides & Reproduction - literature	Smith et al Clarkson et al Dungan et al		Steiner
Feb 24	Tues	Neuropeptide Signaling	required paper Hille et al		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)		Perkel
Mar 5	Thur	Neurocircuits regulating bird song - literature			Perkel
Mar 10	Tues	Hormonal regulation of song systems	Brenowitz & Lent		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.

 

 

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