- Course Code
- BM 3006
- Credit Points
- 30
- Course Coordinator
- Dr A M Jack
Pre-requisites
Notes
(i) This core course is required by students in the Physiology, Pharmacology, Neuroscience and Biomedical Sciences programmes. It is not normally required for students taking the Sports Science programme.
(ii) The practical work required in this course may pose difficulties to students with some disabilities. If this arises alternative arrangements will be made. Any student wishing to discuss this further should contact the School Disability Co-ordinator.
Overview
The course will include reviews of basic principles of cell physiology, pharmacology and molecular and cell biology. To include receptors, agonists and antagonists, signalling and transduction mechanisms, voltage-gated and ligand-gated channels, synaptic transmission, and action potential physiology. It covers membrane biophysics and the properties of sodium channels, potassium channels, calcium channels and gap junctions in addition to ion and non-electrolyte transport pathways.
Structure
12 week course, Thread I - 3 one-hour lectures per week, 1 one-hour seminar per week, three hours per week self study, and 2 all day laboratory sessions over 12 weeks. 6 hour career information over 12 weeks.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 three-hour written examination paper (70%) and in-course assessment - essay, problem, laboratory practicals (30%).
Resit: 1 three-hour written examination paper (70%) and in-course assessment - essay, problem, laboratory practicals (30%).