Università Roma Tre

INTRODUCTION TO ENDOCRINOLOGY (1 CFU)
HISTORY, CHEMICAL NATURE OF HORMONES, EVOLUTION OF CHEMICAL SIGNALS. ENDOCRINE GLANDS, HORMONE SYNTHESIS AND RELEASE (ENDOCRINE, AUTOCRINE, PARACRINE, AND INTRACRINE ACTIONS, HORMONAL RHYTMS) MECHANISMS OF HORMONE ACTIONS (SIGNALLING FROM MEMBRANE AND INTRACELLULAR RECEPTORS)
THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY (3 CFU)
REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY (FETAL GROWTH, PREGNANCY, MATERNAL ADAPTATION TO PREGNANCY)
GROWTH (GROWTH FACTORS AND ONCOGENES IN FETAL GROWTH, POSTNATAL GROWTH, PUBERTY, HORMONESAND THE GENDER/SEX DIFFERENCES)
AGEING (THEORIES, HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPIES, GERIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY)
METABOLIC ENDOCRINOLOGY (REGULATION OF FOOD UPTAKE, REGULATION OF DIGESTIVE PROCESSES, OBESITY)

HORMONES AND ENVIRONMENTAL INJURIES (1 CFU)
STRESS ADAPTATION
ENVIRONMENTAL ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS
DISORDERS OF THE ENDOCRINOLOGY SYSTEM (CELL GROWTH AND CANCER)
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE (1 CFU)

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