Language

French

Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Main themes

Comprehensive outline of the mechanisms regulating cell homeostasis (intra and extracellular buffers, mechanisms of exchange of materials and information between intracellular and intracellular compartments, intercellular communication).

Content

The course is intended to cover the mechanisms of the exchanges that eukaryotic cells develop with their environment and the way the cell responds to alterations of this environment or diverse stimuli, the chemical and electrical intercellular communications used for the transmission of information, and the mechanisms of excitation-contraction coupling in the different types of muscles.

Other information

Requirements : MD1005 Biologie générale (9 credits) or equivalent MD1006 Cytologie et histologie générales (5 credits) or equivalent The course includes lectures (total of 15 h) and practical activities, organized in relation to those of the course of pharmacology (7,5h) Support : All documents related to the lectures are available for students as paper copies (these documents are also accessible on Internet via the website of the university - iCampus). Examination : Written exam with open questions

Bibliography

Support : L'ensemble des documents présentés aux cours sont fournis aux étudiants. Ces documents sont en outre accessibles sur Internet via le site iCampus de l'UCL.

Faculty or entity

FARM