This course will discuss the current hypotheses concerning the control of craniofacial muscles and the potential clinical manifestations which might occur from pathology. Neurobiology of Orofacial Development. Course will provide developmental neurobiology concepts to examine how neural factors may influence growth, development and aging of the orofacial region. Craniofacial Growth Track. This establishes a new course organization that will provide graduate students with an overview of foundational information concerning human development, growth, and developmental anomalies.
Emphasis is placed on normal and abnormal development and growth of the craniofacial complex.
The entire Craniofacial Growth Track is comprised of four separate courses arranged in linear fashion over the fall and winter quarters. Prenatal Craniofacial Development. Deals with the fundamentals of modern developmental biology, morphogenesis, and embryology of the craniofacial region . Physical Growth and Maturation. Provides an overview of the biology of postnatal human growth, from birth through senescence .