CELL PHYSIOLOGY AND RELATED LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIES

The aim of the course is to provide students with the principles inherent in homeostasis and the functioning of the animal cell including some interaction mechanisms with the interstice and with other cells. The molecular changes implemented by cells that elude the basic rules of cellular behavior are also examined. Finally, the general organizational principles underlying the physiological functions and their integration are analyzed.

Frontal lessons. If the teaching is given in a mixed or remote mode, the necessary changes with respect to what was previously stated may be introduced, in order to comply with the program envisaged and reported in the syllabus.

Module A 
- Introduction to the study of cell physiology.
- The basic cellular processes
- Intercellular communication
- Homeostasis and regulation
- Neurons: cellular properties and nervous network
- Neurotransmission
- Systematic receptors and functions
- Channel receptors and G protein coupled receptors
- Hormonal control

Module B 
- Preclinical models in biomedical research
- Cancer cells: when cells evade the basic rules of physiological behavior
- Regenerative medicine
- Neurodegeneration and Neuroprotection
- Stamina cells
- Application of cell therapy

Laboratory 
- Laboratory activities

• Vanni Taglietti, Cesare Casella - Fisiologia e biofisica delle cellule. EDISES
• Carbone, Cicirata, Aicardi - Fisiologia: dalle molecole ai sistemi integrati. EDISES
• D’angelo e Peres - Fisiologia Autore: Ed. edi-ermes
• Dispense specialistiche fornite dai Docenti del Corso.