BENG 230C Cardiovascular Physiology, Spring 2013
Week |
Day and Date |
Topic |
Instructor |
Download |
Reading |
1 |
Tu Apr 2 |
The Circulatory System |
McCulloch |
Chs. 1, 7 & 10 |
|
1 |
Th Apr 4 |
Cardiac Pump Function |
McCulloch |
Chs. 1, 3, 4 & 5* |
|
2 |
Tu Apr 9 |
Basics of ischemic injury |
Mercola |
Ch. 11 |
|
2 |
Th Apr 11 |
Regenerative mechanisms |
Mercola |
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3 |
Tu Apr 16 |
Producing cardiomyocytes from stem cells |
Mercola |
||
3 |
Th Apr 18 |
hiPSCs and Cellular Reprogramming |
Mercola |
||
4 |
Tu Apr 23 |
Cardiac Development – 1 Heart Formation |
Mercola |
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4 |
Th Apr 25 |
Cardiac Development – 2 Conducting System |
Mercola |
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5 |
Tu Apr 30 |
Cardiac disease in dish assays |
Adler |
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5 |
Th May 2 |
High Throughput Screening and Systems Biology in Cardiovascular Physiology |
Mercola |
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6 |
Tu May 7 |
Biomaterials and myocardial repair |
Mercola |
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6 |
Th May 9 |
Open discussion |
Mercola |
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7 |
Tu May 14 |
Cardiac Energetics and Coronary Blood Flow |
McCulloch |
Ch. 11, Reading |
|
7 |
Th May 16 |
Myocardial Metabolism |
Paternostro |
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8 |
Tu May 21 |
Cardiac Muscle Contraction |
McCulloch |
Ch. 4 |
|
8 |
Th May 23 |
Myocyte Excitation-Contraction Coupling |
McCulloch |
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9 |
Tu May 28 |
Cardiac Action Potential |
McCulloch |
Ch. 2, Reading |
|
9 |
Th May 30 |
Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia |
McCulloch |
Ch. 3, Reading |
|
10 |
Tu Jun 4 |
Blood Flow and its Control |
McCulloch |
Chs. 6 and 9 |
|
10 |
Th Jun 6 |
Review |
McCulloch |
*Sagawa K, Maughan L, Suga H and Sunagawa K (1998) Cardiac Contraction and the Pressure-Volume Relationship, Oxford University Press
#Levy MN and Pappano AJ (2007) Cardiovascular Physiology, 9th Edition, Mosby (Philadelphia)