1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Seminar	30

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

COURSE CONTENT
1) Introduction into Comparative physiology, value of animal models in applied physiology and clinical medicine
2) Diabetes mellitus bird`s adaptation to high blood glucose
3, 4). Chronic renal failure in humans Hibernation in mammals and adaptation of nitrogen metabolism,
5) Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease atherosclerosis in mammals
6) Fish as natural animal model in atherosclerosis
7) Disuse osteoporosis and Disuse Muscle Atrophy and physiological adaptation of naturally immobile animals
8) Ammonia tolerance, metabolism and ammonia toxicity
9) Ammonia and the fish CNS
10) Hypoxia ischemia and physiological adaptations in animals
11) High altitude accommodation and diseases
12) Deep sea workers and animals adapted to deep sea environment
13) Thermal tolerance and cryogenics
14) Ageing and long living
15) Future studies on animal models in applied physiology

Seminars themes are arranged based on the students` preferences during specific year of study

1. Comparative Physiology, Natural Animal Models and Clinical Medicine - Insight into Clinical Medicine from Animal Adaptations. Imperial College Press, Covent Garden, London, England, Michael A Singer, Imperial College Press, Covent Garden, London, England, 2007.
2. Comparative Animal Physiology. 2nd edition., Philip C Withers, Saunders College Publishing, USA., 1992.
3. Eckert Animal Physiology 5th Ed., Randall D, Burggren W, French K, W.H. Freeman and Company, New York., 2004.
4. Principles of Animal Physiology, 2nd edition., Moyes CD, Schulte PM, Pearson Education, Harlow, England, 2014.

Izborni kolegiji - Regular study - Molecular Biology
Izborni kolegiji - Regular - Physiology and Immunobiology