LABORATORY FOR PHYSIOLOGY
cod. 18030

Academic year 2010/11
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisiologia (BIO/09)
Field
Discipline del settore biomedico
Type of training activity
Characterising
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub:
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: METHODOLOGIES APPLIED TO THE STUDY OF FUNCTIONS

Learning objectives

To acquire a competence in the use of modern approaches for measuring and processing data relating to cardiac electro-mechanical function.

Prerequisites

Elements of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and General Physiology

Course unit content

Measurement of the electro-mechanical competence of the heart in intact animals with and without cardiac pathologies

Full programme

- Cardiac electrical activity: ECG telemetry recording in conscious freely moving animals
- Cardiac mechanical activity: recording of hemodynamic parameters in intact animals

Bibliography

Publications provided by the teacher.

Teaching methods

Classroom lectures and laboratory experiences on animal models

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination: seminar on a specific laboratory
experience.

Other information

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