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Ph.D. in Applied Physiology

Muscle Physiology

Skeletal muscle function plays an important role in daily activities ranging from sport to work to respiration. Maintenance of muscle function requires continued adaptation to the changing demands on both muscle and surrounding tissue. Deficits in the cellular processes of adaptation result in weakness, diminished quality of life, and even death. The muscle physiology group seeks to understand the mechanisms that mediate homeostasis with the goal of developing treatments to counter the effects of muscular dystrophy, cachexia, aging, and spaceflight. This goal is approached by combining cell and molecular techniques that permit highly controlled investigation of specific signals with integrative studies that permit investigation of muscle in the context of systemic influences.

A program of study emphasizing muscle physiology might consist of the following courses:

APPH 6211 Systems Physiology I	BIOL 7010 Advanced Cell Biology
APPH 6212 Systems Physiolgy II	BIOL 7668 Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics
APPH 6213 Systems Physiology III	BMED 6794 Tissue Engineering
APPH 6225 Biostatistics	APPH 6235 Mechanics of Movement
APPH 8000 Seminar	APPH 6600 Muscle Physiology

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