Year 4, 2012-13
Module leader
Professor Glenda Gillies
Endocrinology
Wednesday 2 January - Friday 1 February 2013

Module 3: Neuroendocrinology, health and disease - timetable [Word] updated 16/1/13

PowerPoint presentations, unless otherwise indicated:
Wed 2 Jan The neuroendocrine concept - Professor John Laycock
Course overview - Professor Glenda Gillies
HPA response to stress + learning objectives [Word] - Professor Glenda Gillies
Thurs 3 Jan Hypothalamus: coordinator of the stress response - Professor Glenda Gillies
Behavioural and autonomic responses to stress - Dr Chris John
Fri 4 Jan Steroid feedback 1: loci and mechanisms of glucocorticoid action - Professor Glenda Gillies
Steroid feedback 2: mechanisms regulating the sensitivity of cells to glucocorticoids - Professor Glenda Gillies
Depression - Dr Chris John
Tues 8 Jan Steroid feedback: non-genomic actions - Professor Glenda Gillies
Thurs 10 Jan Stress and reproduction - Dr Patricia Cover
Glucocorticoids, stress and hypertension - Professor John Laycock
Love, trust and the neurohypophysial hormones - Professor John Laycock
Fri 11 Jan Leptin and immunity - Dr Caroline Small
Stress and immunity - Dr Caroline Small
The HPA responses to immune challenges + learning objectives [Word] - Dr Caroline Small
Mon 14 Jan Corticosteroids in perinatal life: physiology - Professor Glenda Gillies
Corticosteroids in perinatal life: pathology - Dr Chris John
Tues 15 Jan Paediatrics perinatal stress and distress - Dr Mitch Blair
Neurodevelopmental implications of stress and endogenous glucocorticoid exposure during early human development - Professor Vivette Glover
Thurs 17 Jan Sex steroid hormones in perinatal life: programming of the HPG axis - Professor Glenda Gillies
Sex dimorphisms in hypothalamic regulation of human reproduction - Dr Channa Jayasena
Mon 21 Jan Hypothalamic regulation of adult GH secretory profiles - Professor Glenda Gillies
Ontogeny of growth and GH secretory patterns - Professor Glenda Gillies
Thurs 24 Jan Endocrine contribution to sex differences in CNS disorders - Professor Glenda Gillies
Fri 25 Jan Sex and hormonal influences in schizophrenia + learning objectives [Word] - Dr Stavros Bekas, Dr Anju Soni, Dr Nick Larsen
Schizophrenia and sex hormones: what do we know? [Word] - Stavros Bekas
Pre-reading: Gender, estrogen, and schizophrenia [pdf]
Psychopathology in women and men: focus on female hormones [pdf]
Sexual selection, Machiavellian intelligence, and the origins of psychosis [pdf] - The Lancet
Mon 28 Jan Sexual dimorphism and neuroprotection by sex steroids in common complex diseases: Parkinson’s disease as the prototype - Professor Glenda Gillies

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