Movement of substances and information across cell membranes
Readings: Ch4, Ch 5 (146-150), Ch 6 (190-198)
The Aquaporins, Blueprints for Cellular Plumbing Systems
Feb 4 & 7; NOTE: No Critique due this Thursday. It is due next Tuesday, Feb 13.
Cell-to-cell communication and coordination
Receptors and chemical signals
Second messengers
Readings: Ch4, Ch 6 (155-157 and 167-198), Ch 9 (320-332)
Feb 11 (NO CLASS ON FEB 13): Assignment - Critique due Tuesday, Feb. 11 and Quiz #2
Compartmentation of the body and cell Receptors and chemical signals
Glucose stimulated release of insulin
Vesicle recycling
Readings: Ch4, Ch 6 (155-157 and 167-198), Ch 9 (320-332)
The Estrogen Trinity: Membrane, Cytosolic and Nuclear Effects
Feb 18 & 20; Assignment - Critique due Thursday, Feb.20
Control of Physiological Systems
Nervous system Structure and Function
Neurophysiology — generation and conduction of action potentials
Readings: Ch 5, 6 and 8
How Cells Absorb Glucose (Don't critique this article)
Comparison of GLUT4 and GLUT1 Subcellular Trafficking in Basal and Insulin-stimulated 3T3-L1 Cells.
Feb 25 & 27; Assignment - Quiz #3
Control of Physiological Systems
Neurophysiology continued — synaptic transmission
Readings: Ch 6 and 8
March 4 & 6; Assignment - Critique due Thursday, March 6
Control of Physiological Systems
Sensory Systems
Endocrine System
Readings: Ch 7 and 9
Transplanted Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Determines Circadian Period
March 11 &13 — SPRING BREAK: NO CLASS
March 18 & 20; Assignment - Quiz #4
Muscle and Movement
Striated Muscle — skeletal and cardiac
Readings: Ch 10
March 25 & 27; Assignment - Critique due Thursday, March 27
Muscle and Movement continued
Smooth Muslce
Readings: Ch 10
Dahlstedt et. al. (2000) Is Creatine Kinase Responsible for Fatigue?
Studies of Isolated Skeletal Muscle Deficient in Creatine Kinase. FASEB 14:982-990.
April 1 & 3; Assignment - Quiz #5
Circulation
Readings: Ch 12
April 8 & 10; Assignment - Critique due Thursday, April 10
Gas Exchange and Acid Base Balance
Readings: Ch 13
Circulatory response evoked by a 3 s bout of dynamic leg exercise
in humans. Journal of Physiology (1996) 494:601-611
April 15 & 17; Assignment - Quiz #6
Ionic and Osmotic Balance
Readings: Ch 14
April 22 & 24: Assignment - Critique due Thursday, April 24
Ionic and Osmotic Balance
Acquiring energy: Feeding, Digestion and Metabolism
Readings: Ch 14 and 15
April 29 & May 1; Assignment - Quiz #7
Acquiring energy: Feeding, Digestion and Metabolism continued
Energy Expenditure: Body Size and Thermoregulation
Readings: Ch 15 and 16