ECTS
5 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
Time of year
Spring
Description
The physiology lab allows students to record cardiac action potentials in frog hearts using the intracellular microelectrode technique. This is a qualitative and quantitative method for measuring the electrical activity of the heart muscle.
Objectives
The objective is to have students conduct an experiment under the same conditions as those used in a laboratory, from setup, data acquisition, and analysis to presentation, with a group oral exam.
The experiments consist of evaluating the side effects of molecules on cardiac electrical activity by recording action potentials and studying changes in specific parameters. This type of study allows them to understand how the side effects of molecules under development for therapeutic use in humans or animals are evaluated on the cardiovascular system in the preclinical phase.
Mandatory prerequisites
Basic knowledge of the physiology of the body's major functions and the physiology of the cardiovascular system, which is normally taught to students at the second and third levels of a bachelor's degree program.
Recommended prerequisites: No prerequisites recommended; students in the Master 1 Biology and Health program from all tracks can take this course. For some of these tracks, the basics of electrophysiology were taught in the third year of the Bachelor's program and are a plus but not necessary to take this course.
Knowledge assessment
An oral exam in front of a panel made up of the speakers is conducted in groups, with a grade for each student in the group and for each group formed.