PHYSIOLOGY 451/551 – SYLLABUS

FALL 2012

COURSE COORDINATOR: Dr. Joan S. Baizer

123 Sherman Hall
829-3096
baizer@buffalo.edu

SCHEDULE: MWF 11:00 – 11:50 AM

Room 147 Diefendorf Hall

REVIEW SESSIONS: Review sessions are scheduled by each

instructor.

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK: *Berne and Levy’s Physiology, edited by B. M.

Koeppen and B. A. Stanton
6th edition updated
Elsevier Mosby, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-323-07362-2
*Available in the Medical School Bookstore

ON RESERVE: The following books will also be on reserve at

the Health Sciences Library:

General Physiology Boron, W.F. and E.L. Boulpaep.

Medical Physiology
Updated Edition
Elsevier Inc, 2005

Neurophysiology Kandel, E.R., J.H. Schwartz and T.M. Jessell.

Principles of Neural Science
4th Edition
McGraw Hill, 2000

Gastrointestinal Johnson, L.R.

Gastrointestinal Physiology
7th Edition
Mosby, 2007
GRADING
There will be four hourly exams and a comprehensive final.

EXAM date day points topic

EXAM 1 Sept. 21 Friday 25 systems neuroscience
EXAM 2 Oct. 17 Wednesday 25 cellular neuroscience
EXAM 3 Nov. 5 Monday 25 gastrointestinal physiology
EXAM 4 Dec. 7 Friday 25 renal physiology
FINAL Dec. 10 Monday 50 comprehensive

POINTS GRADE (451) GRADE (551)

135-150 A A
128-134 A- A-
120-127 B+ B+
113-119 B B
105-112 B- B-
98-104 C+ C+
90-97 C C
83-89 C- D
75-82 D+ D
68-74 D D
0-67 F F

EXTRA CREDIT FOR CLASS PARTICIPATION, “TOP HAT MONOCLE

SYSTEM”

We will be offering extra credit for class participation (3 points/participating

instructor) using the “Top Hat Monocle” system.The number and timing of in-
class questions is up to each instructor. This system will enable you to use web-
enabled devices to answer questions in class. Instructions for acquiring access
to this system are in an announcement on the UBLearns course WEB site.

EXAM POLICIES

1. BE ON TIME. For the hourly exams, no one will be allowed to start the exam
after 11:20.
For the final, no one will be allowed to start the exam after 12:30PM.

2. Missed Exams.
THERE ARE NO MAKEUP EXAMS.
Students may be excused from an hourly exam in the event of a major conflict
e.g. an out- of-town interview for professional school. Please inform the course
coordinator as soon as you know of a conflict.
If there is a last-minute emergency before an exam (e.g. illness requiring
hospitalization) tell the coordinator as soon as possible and supply
documentation.
STUDENTS WHO DO NOT TAKE AN EXAM AND ARE NOT EXCUSED WILL
GET A ZERO.

3. POINTS FOR EXCUSED EXAMS.

If a student is excused from an exam, the points for that exam will be calculated
from the % performance on the relevant questions of the final examination.
If you miss the final exam you will receive an incomplete (I/F) for the course only
if the average on the four hourly exams is equivalent to a passing grade.

4. GRADING
All questions are multiple-choice and are worth 1 point each.
Exams are machine scored.
Challenges to questions will NOT be accepted. We use a statistical analysis of
answers to decide if any questions should be discarded.
If a question is discarded, everyone gets credit for that question.
Exam answers and scores will be posted on the UBLearns site ASAP.
If you feel there is an error in your grade, you must contact Dr. Baizer
(baizer@buffalo.edu) within ONE WEEK (7 days) after grades are posted!

5. TO MINIMIZE CHEATING:
Keep your answer sheet covered.
Please inform one of the instructors if you suspect someone is cheating. Your
comments will be kept confidential.
University policy states that a person giving answers is as guilty of cheating as
the person receiving answers.
The ultimate penalty for cheating is dismissal from the University.
No cell phones or other electronic devices allowed during exams.
 PGY 451/551 Fall 2012
Lecture Schedule
Diefendorf 147 M-W-F 11:00-11:50 AM

FACULTY OFFICE PHONE email

Dr. Mouhamed Awayda 230 Cary Hall 829-3450 awayda@buffalo.edu
Dr. Joan S. Baizer 123 Sherman Hall 829-3096 baizer@buffalo.edu
Dr. William Cliff 126 Sherman Hall 829-3348 whcliff@buffalo.edu
Dr. Jian Feng 549 BRB 829-2345 jianfeng@buffalo.edu
Academic Coordinator
Angela Hastings 124B Sherman Hall 829-3896 amhastin@buffalo.edu

DATE DAY Lecture Title Lecturer

SECTION Neuroscience- Systems

Aug. 27 M Introduction to the Nervous System Dr. Baizer

29 W Vision Dr. Baizer
31 F Audition Dr. Baizer

Sept. 3 M Labor Day: No Class

5 W Somatic Sensation Dr. Baizer

7 F Pain Dr. Baizer

10 M Muscles and motoneurons Dr. Baizer

12 W Spinal Reflexes Dr. Baizer
14 F Motor Cortex Dr. Baizer

17 M Rosh Hashanah: No Class

19 W Cerebellum and basal ganglia Dr. Baizer

21 F EXAM 1 Dr. Baizer

SECTION Neuroscience- Cellular

24 M Resting membrane potential Dr. Feng

26 W Yom Kippur: No Class

28 F Action potential I Dr. Feng

Oct. 1 M Action Potential II Dr. Feng

3 W Neuromuscular junction Dr. Feng
5 F Synaptic transmission I Dr. Feng
 8 M Synaptic transmission II Dr. Feng
10 W Sensory Transduction I Dr. Feng
12 F Sensory Transduction II Dr. Feng

15 M Autonomic Nervous system Dr. Feng

17 W EXAM 2 Dr. Feng

SECTION Gastrointestinal Physiology

19 F Introduction to GI physiology Dr. Cliff

22 M Motility Dr. Cliff

24 W Secretion Dr. Cliff
26 F Digestion Dr. Cliff

29 M Absorption Dr. Cliff

31 W Regulation Dr. Cliff
Nov. 2 F Integrated function Dr. Cliff

5 M Case studies in GI physiology Dr. Cliff

7 W EXAM 3

SECTION Renal Physiology

9 F Functional anatomy of the kidney Dr. Awayda

12 M Glomerular filtration Dr. Awayda

14 W Renal clearance Dr. Awayda
16 F Renal tubular transport I Dr. Awayda

19 M Renal tubular transport II Dr. Awayda

Fall Recess: No Classes (Nov. 21-24)

26 M Regulation of sodium excretion Dr. Awayda

28 W Renal concentration and dilution Dr. Awayda
30 F Regulation of blood volume Dr. Awayda

Dec. 3 M Renal regulation of K+ secretion Dr. Awayda

5 W Renal regulation of acid-base balance Dr. Awayda

7 F EXAM 4 (Nov. 7- Dec. 5) Dr. Awayda

10 M Final Exam (Dec. 10) 11:45–2:45