part ii physiology, development and neuroscience - Department of ...

Contributors will be experts from a range of University departments, Institutes and industry. Sessions
will be conducted as one hour lectures (Monday and Friday mornings) and two hour interactive
workshops (Thursday afternoon). Content will also include problem-solving sessions and critical
evaluation of the recent literature during interactive sessions. The course is suitable for both medical
students and natural scientists.
This module cannot be taken with Learning, Memory and Cognition (N8).
Module organiser: Prof. Anne Ferguson-Smith (afsmith@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk)
Module P8: Systems and Clinical Physiology (P)
Systems physiology is central to the practice of scientific medicine. The idea behind this module is to
give students a more detailed view of some of the aspects of systems physiology met in Part I and to
include some clinically oriented material that is of particular importance to the practising doctor.
Cardiovascular topics include cardiac arrhythmias and a look at the pulmonary circulation from a clinical
viewpoint. Renal physiology includes autoregulation, osmoregulation and acute and chronic renal failure.
Two areas of endocrine physiology are explored: energy homeostasis and obesity, with lectures from
those involved in both basic and clinical research in this rapidly developing area, and the physiology and
pathophysiology of bone. This module will be of interest to Medical and Veterinary students as well as
Natural Scientists thinking of a career in Medical Research.
This module cannot be taken with Local Circuits and Neural Networks (N7).
Module organiser: Dr Stewart Sage (sos10@cam.ac.uk)
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