After completing the course the neuroscience student will be prepared to enroll in more advanced courses in physiology, neuroscience and other departments. The objective of this course is to expose the student to current areas of physiological research. To provide advanced individual training in a special branch of physiology. This training is to be carried out under the joint supervision of one instructor and the graduate student's advisor. A physiology topics course may involve a research project, literature study, written report, lectures, conference, seminars, student presentations, or any combination of these factors which has been mutually agreed upon by the instructor, advisor, and student prior to the beginning of the course.
Original research is conducted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of a degree program.
The results will be reported in a dissertation. This course will first study in depth selected current concepts in molecular cardiology using recently published review articles and high quality research papers. Techniques for designing and executing molecular and cellular research in normal and damaged hearts will be applied. One or more hypotheses in the field of heart research will be developed and experimentally tested. State of the art micro computers and advanced software will be used for data retrieval, display, statistical analyses, and data management.