An advanced course for honours and graduate students in which selected areas of physiology are studied in depth. Full course, two hours seminar. The mechanisms and regulation of motor, secretory, digestive, and absorptive functions of the gastrointestinal tract are considered in seminars and laboratory experiments. Students are required to actively participate in laboratory experiments and to present and interpret laboratory findings. Students are also required to prepare and present reviews of original literature.
Enrolment is limited.
An advanced inter-disciplinary course studying the anatomy, pharmacology and physiology of the cardiovascular system at the molecular and cellular level. The course is comprised of lectures, discussion and student seminars based on recent literature. Topics will include structure-function of the heart and blood vessels, mechanisms of signal transduction, drug effects on second messenger systems, the cardiac pump, integrated cardiovascular control, arterial oxygen transport, control of blood pressure and hypertension. Additional work will be prescribed for graduate students. An advanced course examining respiratory mechanics, gas exchange, acid-base balance and the neural control of breathing.