Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Brichard Sonia (coordinator); Leclercq Isabelle; Maiter Dominique; Thissen Jean-Paul;
Language
French
Main themes
Section 1
1. Fuel homeostasis
2. Regulation of energy expenditure: role of uncoupling proteins
3. Control of body weight and food intake in physiological and pathophysiological conditions
4. Pharmacological regulation of body weight
Section 2
1. Anorexia nervosa, hypoglycaemia, type 1 diabetes, disorders of Ca metabolism, osteoporosis, endocrine hypertension and hypercorticism
2. Insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome X, endocrinology of malnutrition and catabolic states, hormonal and nutritional anabolic agents, alcohol, thyroid and nutrition
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | The first section deals with physiological and pharmacological control of energy homeostasis. The aims of this section are " To understand the mechanisms those regulate body weight, appetite and food intake, and energy expenditure. " To characterize the deregulation of these mechanisms in some pathological conditions. " To tackle the pharmacological tools that are able to interfere with those mechanisms. The second section of this course deals with " Diseases of Nutrition and endocrine glands ". The aims of this section are to describe and discuss the relationships between nutritional disorders and functional abnormalities of the endocrine system. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
Content: to acquire the basic knowledge on the physiological, pathophysiological, pharmacological mechanisms that control body weight and on the relationships between nutritional disorders and the functional perturbations of the endocrine system.
Methods: plenary lectures, personal preparation of scientific articles with oral presentation
Other information
Pré-requis :
Basic knowledge in biochemistry and physiology
Evaluation:
Oral test
Support:
Written or electronic (e campus) supports
Faculty or entity
FASB
