Course Title: PHYSIOLOGY OF NERVOUS COORDINATION

Course Code: ZOL-747
Credit Hours: 04
Instructor: Dr. Khawaja Raees Ahmad

Introduction to course

Course pre requisites (if any)

Basic human physiology and physiological mechanisms should be known to the students 

Learning outcomes

1. This course will inculcate the concept, need and importance of coordination in the students 

2. It will develop a discrete concept of types, components and mechanisms of Nervous coordination, its similarities, departures and integration to that of the Endocrine coordination. 

3. The students will have a comprehensive understanding of the types of Neurons and glyal cells, nerve impulse synaptic transmissions, Neurosensory and neuromotor coordinations, basic outlay of the centeral nervous system and neuronal interaction. 

4. It will also decipher basic knowledge of Biochemistry, synthesis, release and transport of neurotransmitters and their excitatory and inhabitory mechanisms  

Textbooks to be used for the course

1. Randall, D., Burggren, W., French, K. and Fernald, R., 2002. Eckert Animal Physiology: Mechanisms and Adaptations, 5th Ed. W.H. Freeman and Company, New York

2. Cindy L. Stanfield. 2013. Principles of human physiology -5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc.

3. Widmaier, EP., Vander, AJ. 2019. Vander’s human physiology: the mechanisms of body function. New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education

4. Fox SI. Human physiology. 2016. 14th ed. McGraw-Hill Education, 2 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10121.

Description of system of Evaluation (Exam, assignments etc.)

Term paper in lieu of Mid-term :30

Final term :50

Sessional :20 (Class Participation)

Time Table w.e.f. Jan13, 2020: M. Phil Zoology 2nd semester Wednesday: 9-10AM; Thrusday: 09-10 and 10-11AM 

Detailed lesson plans for each lecture/week

Week 1:  Physiological Mechanisms at Cell: Cellular membrane and transmembrane transport

Suggested Book reading: Cindy L. Stanfield. 2013. Principles of human physiology -5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc. pp166- 173

Week 2: Resting membrane potentials; Generation and conduction of action potentials

Suggested Book reading: Cindy L. Stanfield. 2013. Principles of human physiology -5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc. pp174-193

Week 3: Synaptic transmission

Suggested Book reading: Cindy L. Stanfield. 2013. Principles of human physiology -5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc. pp197-205

Week 4: Membrane receptors, Second messenger

Suggested Book reading: Cindy L. Stanfield. 2013. Principles of human physiology -5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc. pp205-212

Week 5: Signal-transduction pathways.

Suggested Book reading: Cindy L. Stanfield. 2013. Principles of human physiology -5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc. pp199-203

Week 6: Nervous System: Organization of nervous system

Suggested Book reading: Cindy L. Stanfield. 2013. Principles of human physiology -5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc. pp216-235

Week 7: General sensory system

Suggested Book reading: Cindy L. Stanfield. 2013. Principles of human physiology -5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc. pp254-269

Week 8: Visual and Auditory Sensation

Suggested Book reading: Cindy L. Stanfield. 2013. Principles of human physiology -5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc. pp269-284, 285-295

Week 9: Vestibular and Chemical sensory system

Suggested Book reading: Cindy L. Stanfield. 2013. Principles of human physiology -5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc. pp296-299, 492-495

Week 10: Motor system with brainstem, Cortical, Cerebellar and basal ganglia control of posture and movements

Suggested Book reading: Cindy L. Stanfield. 2013. Principles of human physiology -5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc. pp236-244

Week 11: Anatomy of mammalian Brain, Components of forebrain

Suggested Book reading: Cindy L. Stanfield. 2013. Principles of human physiology -5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc. pp229-232

Week 12: The limbic system, Thalamus, Hypothalamus

Suggested Book reading: Cindy L. Stanfield. 2013. Principles of human physiology -5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc. pp233-235

Week 13: Neuroendocrine integration

Suggested Book reading: Cindy L. Stanfield. 2013. Principles of human physiology -5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc. pp149-153

Week 14: Cranial nerves, Autonomic system and its control

Suggested Book reading: Cindy L. Stanfield. 2013. Principles of human physiology -5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc. pp229-231, 303-317

Week 15: Higher functions of nervous system including state of consciousness

Suggested Book reading: Cindy L. Stanfield. 2013. Principles of human physiology -5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc. pp236-243

Week 16: learning, memory and behavior.

Suggested Book reading: Cindy L. Stanfield. 2013. Principles of human physiology -5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc. pp247-248