BIO-570: Physiology of Aging I

Department
Credits 3.00
Academic Level
Graduate
Instructional Method
Lecture
Students will explore the nature of changes in human physiology from early adulthood to old age in two courses BIO570 and 571. In Physiology of Aging I, topics to be covered include: 1) perspectives and methodologies in physiological aging research; 2) theories of aging processes; 3) physiological change and pathology in major organ systems with age; and 4) nutrition and pharmacology of aging.