Zoophysiology
Contents The goal of the course is to provide experimental introduction into mechanisms of physiological adaptation at organismic, cellular and molecular levels. The course is biased towards comparative and ecophysiological physiology and consists of three (interrelated) sections:
- Regulation of solute concentrations; including diffusion and active transport, osmoregulation,intracellular isosmotic regulation and excretion,
- Processes in the nervous system, including mechanisms of action potentials,synapses and sensory perception, and
- Contractile function, including regulation of contractility in different muscle types implicatedin locomotion and gas-, nutrient- and waste transport.
Text-book
Schmidt-Nielsen, K.: Animal Physiology. Adaptation and Environment. Cambridge University Press, 5th edition, 1997.
Evaluation
1 written examination (13-scale).
ECTS-credits
5
Semester
Fall