This course is designed to provide students with an advanced understanding of peripheral neuromuscular biology (i.e., motor neuron, neuromuscular synapse, skeletal muscle) as it applies to exercise and select neuromuscular disorders. Emphasis will be on the cellular mechanisms that regulate neuromuscular plasticity in response to acute and chronic physical activity in healthy individuals, as well as in pre-clinical models of disease and in patients with neuromuscular disorders.
This course is designed to provide students with an advanced understanding of peripheral neuromuscular biology (i.e., motor neuron, neuromuscular synapse, skeletal muscle) as it applies to exercise and select neuromuscular disorders. Emphasis will be on the cellular mechanisms that regulate neuromuscular plasticity in response to acute and chronic physical activity in healthy individuals, as well as in pre-clinical models of disease and in patients with neuromuscular disorders.
