Course unit content
<br />Part 1. Cellular physiology (ionic currents, membrane resting potential, action potentials, sinaptic transmission)<br />Part 2. Example of integrative physiology: muscular contraction (lab work with PC)<br />Part 3. Stress physiology: definitions, neuroendocrine systems recruited during stress response, coping strategies, stress related pathologies
Teaching methods
<br />Frontal teaching (part 1 and 3).<br />Exercise with interactive physiology DVD (part 2)<br />Oral examinations