KINESIOL 3Z03 - Neuromuscular Plasticity in Health and Disease

3 unit(s)

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.
Lectures (three hours); one term
Prerequisite(s): KINESIOL 2C03 and registration in Level III or above of an Honours Kinesiology program