Lecture Outline

Chapter 10 – Principles of Hormonal Control Systems

• Hormone Structures and Synthesis
  • Amine Hormones
    • Thyroid Hormones
    • Adrenal Medullary Hormones and Dopamine
  • Peptide Hormones
  • Steroid Hormones
    • Hormones of the Adrenal Cortex
    • Hormones of the Gonads
• Hormone Transport in the Blood
• Hormone Metabolism and Excretion
• Mechanisms of Hormone Action
  • Hormone Receptors
  • Events Elicited by Hormone-Receptor Binding
    • Effects of Peptide Hormones and Catecholamines
    • Effects of Steroid and Thyroid Hormones
  • Pharmacological Effects of Hormones
• Inputs That Control Hormone Secretion
  • Control by Plasma Concentrations of Mineral Ions of Organic Nutrients
  • Control by Neurons
  • Control by Other Hormones
• Control Systems Involving the Hypothalamus and Pituitary
  • Posterior Pituitary Hormones
  • The Hypothalamus and Anterior Pituitary
    • Anterior Pituitary Hormones
    • Hypophysiotropic Hormones
    • Neural Control of Hypophysiotropic Hormones
    • Hormonal Feedback Control of the Hypothalamus and Anterior Pituitary
  • The Role of "Nonsequence" Hormones on the Hypothalamus and Anterior Pituitary
  • A Summary Example: Control of Growth Hormone Secretion
• Candidate Hormones
• Types of Endocrine Disorders
  • Hyposecretion
  • Hypersecretion
  • Hyporesponsiveness and Hyperresponsiveness