BIOL W3006: Physiology, Fall 2001

Thursday, Sept 6:  Hormone communication 

Lecture #2

• Intracellular communication
• Berthold 
• Bioassay 
• Lecture question #1:  Devise a TSH bioassay
  

Slides

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• Nothing in Sherwood.
• Berthold's experiments and bioassays are described in An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology, by Randy Nelson.  Pdf file, requires Acrobat Reader. 
  

Writing assignment #1:  What they measured  due on Tuesday.

• Catnip repels mosquitoes more effectively than DEET   Used a mosquito bioassay to study this.