This course will examine the alterations in the brain that occur with aging and in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. The emphasis will be on human aging although the relevance of animal models to studies of human aging will be a recurrent theme. The course will examine aging at several levels, including molecular, cellular, organismic, and behavioral.
A comprehensive discussion of topics in cellular physiology and biophysics using advanced texts and readings in the original literature. Includes such topics as biological membranes, transport mechanisms, effects of hormones on membranes.
This course enables student dentists to understand the basic principles of human physiology, especially as it relates to the practice of dentistry. The introduction of the course presents the basic physiology of cells, conducting and contracting tissues, lining and secretory tissues, and other special tissues.
This course provides in-depth instruction on the physiological mechanisms of body function from the single cell to the organism level. The course is team taught by medical scientists and clinicians. Teaching methodologies include didactic and Socratic lectures, small group discussions, demonstrations and live model and computer simulated laboratories. Lecture, 20 hours per week.
The purpose of this course is to introduce graduate students to useful topics in their quest to attain and retain a tenure track researcher position (or equivalent) at some point in their scientific future. These subjects are not always taught by mentors or through a traditional curriculum, but they are of utmost importance in a successful career. A breadth of issues will be presented that many principal investigators would say they wished they learned in graduate school and should give students the resources to become competitive scientific professionals.
This course will examine the alterations in the brain that occur with aging and in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. The emphasis will be on human aging although the relevance of animal models to studies of human aging will be a recurrent theme. The course will examine aging at several levels, including molecular, cellular, organismic, and behavioral.
Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.
With the advice and approval of his or her faculty adviser, the first-year student may choose approved electives offered by the Department of Pharmacology. The intent is to provide the student an opportunity for exploration and study in an area which supplements and/or complements required course work in the first-year curriculum. PASS-FAIL ONLY.
This course will reinforce to fourth year dental students the principles of basic and applied pharmacology enabling them to evaluate and manage patients with systemic and oral diseases. The course will be given before the Dental National Board Examination. This should help the students review for the pharmacology portion of the examination. Advances in drug therapy that have occurred since the basic pharmacology courses will be discussed.
This course uses lectures, interactive small groups, and firsthand experience to introduce anesthesiology as it relates to pharmacology and physiology. The course also teaches pharmacology and therapeutics utilizing clinical cases. Students develop their own personal formularies during the course. Laboratory, 40 hours per week.
