Physiology is the study of how the body works. The systems of the body including the cardiovascular, respiratory, neural, renal, endocrine, gastrointestinal and reproductive systems are examined using approaches ranging from molecular and cellular to whole-organism levels. It is the science of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical function of humans, and serves as the foundation of modern medicine. As a discipline, it connects science, medicine, and health, and creates a framework for understanding how the human body adapts to stresses, physical activity, and disease.

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The Physiology Graduate Program includes faculty from the three universities, the medical school and various clinical institutions associated with the School of Biomedical Sciences.

Faculty within this program focus their research on many areas of physiololgy as related to human functions and diseases. Students may earn the Ph.D or M.S. degree in areas that include cardiovascular, pulmonary, endocrine and neuroendocrine, reproductive or exercise physiology. In this context, emphasis is placed on an integrative approach for both research and graduate education. As with other program areas, the Physiology program takes advantage of the latest molecular and cellular techniques to address questions related to human diseases.

The Physiology Graduate Program is comprised of members drawn from across the institutions participating in Kents School of Biomedical Sciences. Although graduate work may be completed in any of the various research areas, faculty are listed in two general subprograms: Environmental and Comparative Physiology and Cardiopulmonary and Exercise Physiology. Each subprogram addresses different subject areas of physiology and each has an associated training faculty. The programs are research oriented and designed to provide students with a thorough grounding in physiological principles and techniques within several well-defined focus areas.

The concentration areas in the Physiology Graduate Program are well-defined. Within each area, the faculty provide classroom and research experiences centered on an integrative approach. Students can exploit resources and facilities designed to assess physiological functions at levels extending to the cellular and molecular level, or to the organ and organismal level of biological organization. Resources include laboratories equipped for assessment and visualization of living cells and tissues, cell and tumor culture facilities, electron and scanning electron microscopic, flow cytometry, a transgenic facility, radioimmunoassay facility, and laboratories to assess a variety of metabolic, reproductive, and respiratory functions. The multidisciplinary nature of the program provides the opportunity to bring a variety of modern techniques to bear on current questions in physiology.

Applications should be directed to the specific subprogram of interest. Admission is based on the recommendation of the participating faculty. Successful applicants will have a minimum 3.0 GPA (undergraduate and graduate) and have completed mathematics through calculus, one year of physics, one year of organic chemistry, and coursework in some of the following areas: genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, vertebrate anatomy, Additional upper division biology electives, including developmental biology, embryology or histology are also appropriate. Three letters of recommendation are required as is the general test of the GRE. Foreign nationals whose native language is not English must submit a TOEFL exam score.

A core program of classwork and an assortment of specialized electives are offered to students with a rigorous grounding in physiology. Special curricula and requisite coursework can be obtained by contacting the Director of the School of Biomedical Sciences.

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The Physiology Course has a rich history, dating back to 1892, of training the leaders in biology and generating Nobel Prize experiments. However, this is not your grandfathers Physiology Course! This intensive laboratory course has been revamped to meet the new challenges in biology by providing a unique interdisciplinary training environment at the interface between cellular and computational biology. The Physiology Course will bring together biological and physical/computational scientists, both in the faculty and the student body, to work together on cutting-edge problems in cell physiology. Students will learn from leaders in the field of cellular physiology, microscopy, and computational analysis. Students with backgrounds in both the biological and physical/computational sciences are encouraged to apply.

The course design will promote learning by practice, with a particular emphasis on stimulating experimental creativity and interdisciplinary approaches. Biology students will leave the course able to understand and author computer simulations, and physical science students will leave understanding the language of biology, and with experience working on cutting edge biological problems. Students will participate in three research threads (cell division, cell migration, and signaling) that will run through the whole course. Each thread will intensively use microscopy, biochemistry, and computational analysis to address research problems in a highly collaborative setting. State-of-the-art microscopes, as well as other advanced equipment, will be available. It is anticipated that these threads will lead to research discoveries, as well as providing learning opportunities. Post course research opportunities exist for selected students.

To inspire students, and provide them with a sense of the history and future of cell physiology, a visiting scholar program has been established. This program brings four eminent scientists to the MBL for a week. They deliver one or more lectures to the entire community, and participate in both the intellectual and experimental aspects of the course.

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Physiologyis the study of the function of body parts and the body as a whole. Some specializations within each of these sciences follow:

A characteristic of all living systems ishomeostasis,or the maintenance of stable, internal conditions within specific limits. In many cases, stable conditions are maintained by negative feedback.

Innegative feedback,a sensing mechanism (a receptor) detects a change in conditions beyond specific limits. A control center, or integrator (often the brain), evaluates the change and activates a second mechanism (aneffector) to correct the condition; for example, cells that either remove or add glucose to the blood in an effort to maintain homeostasis are effectors. Conditions are constantly monitored by receptors and evaluated by the control center. When the control center determines that conditions have returned to normal, corrective action is discontinued. Thus, in negative feedback, the variant condition is canceled, or negated, so that conditions are returned to normal.

The regulation of glucose concentration in the blood illustrates how homeostasis is maintained by negative feedback. After a meal, the absorption of glucose (a sugar) from the digestive tract increases the amount of glucose in the blood. In response, specialized cells in the pancreas (alpha cells) secrete the hormone insulin, which circulates through the blood and stimulates liver and muscle cells to absorb the glucose. Once blood glucose levels return to normal, insulin secretion stops. Later, perhaps after heavy exercise, blood glucose levels may drop because muscle cells absorb glucose from the blood and use it as a source of energy for muscle contraction. In response to falling blood glucose levels, another group of specialized pancreatic cells (beta cells) secretes a second hormone, glucagon. Glucagon stimulates the liver to release its stored glucose into the blood. When blood glucose levels return to normal, glucagon secretion stops.

Compare this withpositive feedback,in which an action intensifies a condition so that it is driven farther beyond normal limits. Such positive feedback is uncommon but does occur during blood clotting, childbirth (labor contractions), lactation (where milk production increases in response to an increase in nursing), and sexual orgasm.

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