BIO 459: Endocrinology 
Fall 2009
Instructor:
Dr. Sean Lema
222 Dobo Hall
Office Hours:
Tues 11am-12noon
Wed 10-11am
Course times and location:
Tues & Thurs, 9:30am-10:45am
1014 Friday Hall
Course Information:
Course Syllabus
Research
Paper Expectations and Grading
Lecture
Notes & Handouts:
Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Lecture 3
Handout
1
Lecture 4
Lecture
5
Handout
2
Lectures
6 & 7
Lecture
8
Lecture
9
Lecture
10
Handout
3
Lecture
11
Lecture
12
Lecture
13
Lectures
14 & 15
Lectures 16 & 17
Lecture 18
Lecture 19
Lecture 20
Lecture 21
Lecture 22
Study Questions:
Study Question Set
1
Question Set
1 - Answer Key
Midterm Exam 1 - Key
Study
Question Set 2
Midterm
Exam 2 - Key
Study
Question Set 3
Required Course
Readings:
Insel
and Young, 2000
Vandenbergh, 2003
(additonal required
readings on Reserves in
Randall Library)
Supplemental Readings:
Nongenomic Action
of Steroid Hormones
Oxytocin Challenge Test in Pregnancy
Oxytocin
is Associated with Human Trustworthiness
Stress, Glucocorticoids
and Memory Formation
Corticosterone and
Memory in Birds
Stress and Adult Neurogenesis
Congenital
Adrenal Hyperplasia: Diagonsis, Treatment and Outcome
Maternal
Care and the Development of Endocrine Reactivity to Stress
Maternal Care
Influences the HPA Axis
Early
Life Experiences Alter the Influence of Stress Hormones
on Neurogenesis
Fetal
Experience and Adult Stress-Related Disease
Taming Stress and Anxiety
Ecology and Endocrinology of
Olfactory Imprinting in Salmon
A New Model for Olfactory Imprinting
in Salmon
Disorders of Sexual Differentiation
Hormones and Psychosexual
Differentiation
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
- A Review
Mood
and Sexual Receptivity during the Human Menstrual Cycle
Diabetes Mellitus and
the 'Thrifty' Genotype
Diabetes
Mellitus and Human Movement into North America
Sample
Research Paper