Associated laboratory exercises.
The emphasis will be on skeletal muscle with some discussion of cardiac and smooth muscle. Emphasis is on experimental design, methodology, and techniques. Emphasizes the cellular and molecular aspects of several topics in neuroendocrinology, including neuropeptide genes, reproduction, steroid hormone regulation of gene expression, mechanisms of hormone action, endocrine rhythms and neural oscillations. This course will meet once a week and will involve critical discussion of a research paper in cellular, molecular or systems physiology. Students will prepare for class by reading the paper under discussion.