Lectures: 8 am MTWF, Room 243 Physiology Building
Instructors: Dr. Michael Tamkun (Coordinator)
Texts:
The Neuron: Cell and Molecular Biology by Levitan and Kaczmarek, Oxford Press
Physiology (Fourth Edition) by Berne and Levy, Mosby
Course Outline:
|
Date
|
Day
|
Subject
|
Instructor
|
|
Aug. 24
|
M
|
Introduction to signaling, Excitable cells | Tamkun |
|
25
|
T
|
Membrane permeability, Biological electricity | Tamkun |
|
26
|
W
|
Resting potentials I | Tamkun |
|
28
|
F
|
Resting potentials II, Action potentials I | Tamkun |
|
31
|
M
|
Action potentials II | Tamkun |
|
Sept. 1
|
T
|
Propagation of depolarization | Tamkun |
|
2
|
W
|
Voltage-clamp techniques | Tamkun |
|
4
|
F
|
Voltage-gated ion channel structure | Tamkun |
|
7
|
M
|
LABOR DAY -- no class | |
|
8
|
T
|
Neuromuscular junction, Ach receptors | Tamkun |
|
9
|
W
|
E/C coupling, Skeletal muscle contraction | Tamkun |
|
11
|
F
|
Smooth muscle E/C coupling and contraction | Martens |
|
14
|
M
|
Ion channels in other cell types | Tamkun |
|
15
|
T
|
Ion channels and disease | Tamkun |
|
16
|
W
|
Ion channels and disease | Tamkun |
|
16
|
W
|
Review session at 5:00 pm in Rm. 243 Physiology | Tamkun |
|
18
|
F
|
EXAM I | |
|
21
|
M
|
Overview of synapses | Beam |
|
22
|
T
|
Second messengers I | Beam |
|
23
|
W
|
Second messengers II | Beam |
|
25
|
F
|
Neurotransmitter biosynthesis | Beam |
|
28
|
M
|
Presynaptic function | Beam |
|
29
|
T
|
Postsynaptic function | Beam |
|
30
|
W
|
Synaptic integration | Beam |
|
Oct. 2
|
F
|
Ligand-gated channels | Beam |
|
5
|
M
|
Overview of sensory receptors | Beam |
|
6
|
T
|
Somatic sensation | Beam |
|
7
|
W
|
Audition | Beam |
|
9
|
F
|
Photoreception | Beam |
|
12
|
M
|
Chemical senses | Beam |
|
13
|
T
|
Visual integration | Beam |
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