PHYSIOLOGY
cod. 1004849

Academic year 2011/12
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisiologia (BIO/09)
Field
Scienze biomediche
Type of training activity
Basic
16 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
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course unit
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Integrated course unit module: BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

Learning objectives

Morphofunctional aspects of the cell and of the human body: physiological background for the study of the chemical, physical and biological agents interaction with the living matter and the man.

Prerequisites

no

Course unit content

Part 1. Cellular physiology (ionic currents, membrane resting potential, action potentials, sinaptic transmission)
Part 2. Example of integrative physiology: muscular contraction (lab work with PC)
Part 3. Stress physiology: definitions, neuroendocrine systems recruited during stress response, coping strategies, stress related pathologies

Full programme

Morphofunctional aspects of the cell and of the human body: physiological background for the study of the chemical, physical and biological agents interaction with the living matter and the man.
Part 1. Cellular physiology (ionic currents, membrane resting potential, action potentials, sinaptic transmission)
Part 2. Example of integrative physiology: muscular contraction (lab work with PC)
Part 3. Stress physiology: definitions, neuroendocrine systems recruited during stress response, coping strategies, stress related pathologies
11. Bibliografia consigliata: -

Bibliography

R. Berne e M. Levy. Principi di Fisiologia. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana. 2002
Fascicles will dispensed by the teacher

Teaching methods

oral lessons

Assessment methods and criteria

written examen

Other information

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