ECTS
5 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Description
The physiology laboratory course allows to carry out recordings of cardiac action potential on the frog heart by the intracellular microelectrode technique. This is a qualitative and quantitative method of measuring the electrical activity of the heart muscle.
Objectives
The objective is to bring the students to carry out an experiment under the same conditions as those used in a laboratory from the setting up, the acquisition, the analysis and the presentation of the data with an oral group examination.
The experiments consist in evaluating the secondary effects of molecules on the cardiac electrical activity thanks to the recording of action potentials and the study of the modifications of specific parameters of the latter. This type of study allows them to understand how the secondary effects of molecules under development and aimed at human or veterinary therapy are evaluated on the cardiovascular system in the pre-clinical phase.
Necessary pre-requisites
Basic knowledge of the physiology of the major body functions and the physiology of the cardiovascular system that are normally taught to students at the undergraduate level.
Recommended prerequisites: No prerequisite is recommended, students of the Master 1 Biology and Health of all courses can follow this course. For some of these courses, basic knowledge in electrophysiology has been taught in Licence 3 and is a plus but not necessary to follow this course.
Knowledge control
An oral exam in front of a jury made up of the lecturers is carried out in group with a mark for each student of the group and of each constituted group.