Course Outline
Study Notes
Readings
Study Guide | | for the Spring, 2006 Semester
| Date |
Topic(s) |
| M,
8/24 |
Introduction; Course Overview, Website structure and readings
Cell Membranes, Transport Processes, Membrane
Potentials and Action Potentials
|
| M,
8/31 |
Organization of Nervous System - Central, Peripheral,
Autonomic, Somatic, Motor and Somatosensory |
| M,
9/7 |
Labor
Day Holiday |
| M,
9/14 |
Comparative
muscle physiology: skeletal vs. smooth vs. cardiac |
| M,
9/21 |
Motor control, motor unit recruitment,
muscle motor
units and fiber types |
| M,
9/28 |
Plasticity of
skeletal muscle to training and detraining |
| M,
10/5 |
Discussion of
Reading to date; Review for Exam 1 |
| M,
10/12 |
Exam 1; Resistance training physiology |
| M,
10/19 |
Muscle Biopsy
vs. MRS: Applications and limitations |
| M,
10/26 |
Evidence of
peripheral fatigue during exercise |
| M,
11/2 |
Evidence of
central fatigue during exercise |
| M,
11/9 |
Australia (work
on assignment) |
| M,
11/16 |
Australia (work
on assignment) |
| M,
11/23 |
Preparation for
the debate: 3 groups - a) Central most important, b) Peripheral most
important, c) Task specificity |
| M,
11/30 |
Debate: Central
Governor vs. Peripheral Metabolic Fatigue |
| M,
12/7 |
Course Overview and Exam Revision
Life and Science in Australia vs. the U.S.: A Slide
Presentation
|
| M,
12/14 |
Exam 2:
5:30 - 7:30pm
|
|
