Course Contents

Overview of resting membrane, action potential and synaptic transmission; structure and mechanisms in ion channels; Biosynthesis of neurotransmitters; Neurotransmitters action at synaptic receptors. Neurosecretions and neurotransmitters in higher nervous system actively. Molecular mechanisms in transduction of sensory stimuli into impulse; photochemistry and transduction of photoreceptor; Colour vision. Molecular basis of muscular contraction; Molecular interaction at neuromuscular level; Molecular structure of cilia and flagella and mechanisms in movements. Automicity and rythmicity of myogenic heart; Regulation of cardiac activity; humeral regulation of circulation: Vasoconstriction and vasodilatation. Exchange of respiratory gases; Chemical regulation of respiration. Nature formation of various nitrogenous waste products; Glomerular filtration, reabsorption, and secretion mechanisms in formation of urine. Regulation of digestive secretions; Digestion and absorption of nutrients, Molecular mechanisms in adaptation to temperature extremes.

Course Synopsis

1. To understand physiological mechanism at molecular level. 2. To correlate molecular mechanism at organs and organism level.