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Chemical transmission

Mechanisms of hormone action 1. Membrane receptors

Mechanisms of hormone action 2. Intracellular receptors

Hypothalamus and pituitary gland

Gonadotrophin releasing hormone: a peptide hormone

Principles of feedback control

Growth 1. Cellular growth factors

Growth 2. Normal growth

Growth 3. Growth hormone

Growth 4. GH pathophysiology

Thyroid 1. Thyroid gland and thyroid hormones

Thyroid 2. Thyroid hormone secretion and action

Thyroid 3. Thyroid pathophysiology

Adrenal gland 1. Adrenal medulla

Adrenal gland 2. Adrenocortical hormones

Adrenal gland 3. Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)

Adrenal gland 4. Cortisol and androgens

Adrenal gland 5. Aldosterone

Adrenal gland 6. Adrenocortical pathophysiology

Endocrine autoimmunity

Sexual differentiation and development 1

Sexual differentiation and development 2. Puberty

Female reproduction 1. Menstrual cycle

Female reproduction 2. Ovarian steroids

Female reproduction 3. Pregnancy

Female reproduction 4. Parturition and lactation

Female reproduction 5. Pathophysiology

Female reproduction 6. Contraception

Male reproduction 1. The testis

Male reproduction 2. Actions of androgens

Male reproduction 3. Pathophysiology

Oxytocin

Vasopressin

Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system

Endocrine hypertension

Insulin 1. The pancreas and insulin secretion

Insulin 2. Insulin action

Insulin 3. Type I Diabetes mellitus

Insulin 4. Type 2 Diabetes mellitus

Glucagon

Gastrointestinal hormones

Energy homoeostasis 1. Summary

Energy homoeostasis 2. Central control

Obesity 1. Causes of obesity

Obesity 2. Cardiovascular and respiratory complications

Obesity 3. Insulin resistance and endocrine complications

Calcium 1. Parathyroid hormone (PTH)

Calcium 2. Calcitonin

Calcium 3. Vitamin D

Bone remodelling

Metabolic bone disease 1. Paget's disease

Metabolic bone disease 2. Primary osteoporosis

Metabolic bone disease 3. Secondary osteoporosis

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