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    • NOI CI SIAMO

    • Dear Students,

      the course will start on Monday September 30th

      The timetable is

      Monday 4-6 pm

      Wednesday 4-6  pm

      Aula B (Tecce) CU026

      Lectures will be in person only.

      Please take note that the profit assessment will be done in different modes for attending and non-attending students:

      Attending students can participate in projects during the course that will contribute to the final assessment.

      For nonattending students, the exam is on the entire program with a written and oral assessment.•


    • Cellular and Molecular Physiology.
      Introduction: homeostatic control, positive and negative feedback
      Cellular and molecular bases of intercellular communication- synaptic paracrine and hormonal
      Synaptic transmission – molecular determinants of electrical and chemical neurotransmission
      Physiological and pathological alterations of ionic equilibrium, ionic channels and receptors
      - Short and long term synaptic plasticity of glutamatergic receptors
      - Channelopathies of cardiac muscle (long QT syndrome), skeletal muscle (myasthenia), epileptic and ALS associated channelopathies
      - Neuronal chloride homeostasis: membrane transporters and their regulation during development and epilepsy – depolarizing GABA
      Molecular determinants of sensory perception: signal transduction pathways in chemical senses, vision and hearing
      Neuron-glia interaction in CNS functions:
      - Astrocytic functions
      - Tripartite synapse
      - Migroglial functions
      - Microglial involvement in synaptic remodelling
      - Chemokines as signals of neuron-glial communication
      - Neuroprotection and neurotoxicity of glial cells
      - Microbiota gut brain axis
      Neuro-hormonal communication in the regulation of: sleep-wake rhythms, salt water balance, blood glucose control, growth and metabolism.

    • SPW are due before January 10th, 2024 at 6.00 PM

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