Endocrine Pharmacology

Catalog description

This course presents basic principles of human endocrine pharmacology, emphasizing drugs active in the endocrine and reprodutive systems. PHARM 562 Endocrine Pharamcology (2) This course covers pharmacotherapies used to treat disorders of the endocrine and neuroendocrine systems and to modulate reproduction. Discussion includes: 1) the physiological basis for normal endocrine homeostasis; 2) the pathology of common disorders; 3) the mechanisms of action of drugs affecting these systems and of drugs used to treat disorders of these systems; 4) the experimental bases of these drugs and therapies; and 5) animal models useful for endocrine drug discovery.