ATENÇÃO: o curso será ministrado em inglês pelo Prof. Edward Rowan

Datas e períodos: 09 a 13 de março de 2020 (manhã e tarde)

Local:

09/03 - Anfiteatro da Comissão de Pós-Graduação (prédio FCM-06)

10/03 - Anfiteatro da Comissão de Pós-Graduação (prédio FCM-06)

11/03 - Auditório 5 do CIPED - Centro de Investigação em Pediatria (prédio FCM-04)

12/03 - Anfiteatro da Comissão de Pós-Graduação (prédio FCM-06)

13/03 - manhã: Sala 1 da Legolândia (prédio FCM-06) / tarde: Anfiteatro da Comissão de Pós-Graduação (prédio FCM-06)

Responsável: Prof. Dr. Stephen Hyslop (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Farmacologia)

Oferecimentos:

MF810 – Tópicos de Farmacologia 10, turma A

Course summary: This course will cover the basics of membrane potentials and the role of extracellular potassium in setting the membrane potential. We will also study the ionic basis of the action potential in order to understand the role that sodium channels have in regulating the excitability of neuronal and non-neuronal tissues. A nerve simulation will be used to examine the effects of potassium on excitability and to measure the changes in membrane potential in relation to potassium concentration. In addition, we will look at the effect of current injection on threshold and use various simulated drugs to derive effects on the amplitude and duration of the action potential. We will also explore other electrophysiological techniques and consider their advantages and disadvantages. The students can bring papers that we can discuss in order to gain insight into electrophysiological approaches that they may be interested in using. There will also be opportunities to discuss the students’ ongoing experiments in electrophysiology. Attention: This course will be entirely in English. There will be no simultaneous translation