Advanced Topics for Physiological Systems Analysis

4 Units

Mathematical modeling and simulation of cellular, tissue, and organ systems: respiratory, renal, liver, cardiovascular, neural, and muscular. Dynamic mass transport and reaction processes. Cellular metabolism. Cardiac electrophysiology and regulation. Excitable cells and tissue. Neural system integration, feedback, and control. Multi-cellular dynamics, bone regeneration, cellular-biomaterial interactions, tracer kinetics, isotope analysis, biomechanical modeling of the heart, metabolic modeling, neural-muscular control, brain circuitry. Recommended Preparation: differential equations, linear algebra, MATLAB.