MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY RESEARCH:
Physiologists at Dartmouth have a major interest in the mechanisms of action of hormones, in particular the steroid and thyroid hormones and peptides such as vasopressin and oxytocin. Areas of focus include the action of hormones on growth, development and metabolism, and immunity and inflammation; enzymes that determine the levels of the active form of the hormone in target cells; post-receptor signalling mechanisms, including regulation of transcription and biochemical and physiological responses. The studies employ a wide array of molecular, cellular and whole animal techniques.
Faculty working in the Molecular Endocrinology area:
Bodwell (also cell signaling)
Fejes-Toth, A, (also epithelial biology, cell signaling and renal physiology)
Fejes-Toth, G. (also epithelial biology, cell signaling and renal physiology
Galton (also reproductive endocrinology)
Guyre (also cell signaling and immunology)
Henderson (also cell signaling, computational biology, and cell and molecular neuroscience)
Maue (also cell signaling, and cell and molecular neuroscience)
North (also cell signaling, systems neuroscience, and cell and molecular neuroscience)
Pioli (also reproductive endocrinology)
Schneider (also cell and molecular neuroscience)
Wira (also epithelial biology, and reproductive endocrinology and immunology)