Week |
Course Content |
Week 1 |
Introduction
|
Week 2 |
Morphological and Functional Characteristics of Blood and Lymphatic Vessels |
Week 3 |
The Heart: The Engine in the Center of the Vascular System |
Week 4 |
Regulation of Tissue Perfusion and Exchange of Solutes, Macromolecules, and Water Between Blood Vessels
and the Interstitial Space |
Week 5 |
Endothelial Cells: Function and Dysfunction |
Week 6 |
Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells: Regulation of Vasoconstriction and Vasodilation |
Week 7 |
Mechanisms of Hemostasis: Contributions of Platelets, Coagulation Factors, and the Vessel Wall |
Week 8 |
Biologically Active Lipids in Vascular Biology and Atherosclerosis |
Week 9 |
Mid-term examination week |
Week 10 |
Animal Models in Cardiovascular Biology |
Week 11 |
Endothelial Cell Isolation and Manipulation |
Week 12 |
In Vitro Assays Used to Analyze Vascular Cell Functions |
Week 13 |
Oral presentation & discussion-I |
Week 14 |
Oral presentation & discussion-II |
Week 15 |
Oral presentation & discussion-III |
Week 16 |
Oral presentation & discussion-IV |
Week 17 |
Self-directed Learning-paper mining |
Week 18 |
Self-directed Learning-essay writing |