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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Biomedical Sciences : Physiology (Biomedical Sciences)

Undergraduate Course: Somatosensory Mechanisms (PYBM10031)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Biomedical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
Summary Pain normally serves as a warning signal of impending danger which elicits behavioural responses that function to protect the body from injury. These 'pain behaviours' are therefore essential for survival. If, however injury does take place, there is significant plasticity within the somatosensory system in order to adapt behavioural responses to promote repair and recovery. This injury induced plasticity is adaptive but if these changes persist following healing or occur in response to disease or nervous system injury these changes can be maladaptive and result in chronic pain which is difficult to treat. This course will introduce the transduction apparatus and neural pathways that mediate somatosensation; explore the plasticity that can occur within somatosensory pathways that leads to debilitating chronic pain conditions and how these manifest in the clinic; discuss the challenges in translating basic pain research into effective treatments in the clinic and outline how this system develops and the consequences for somatosensation in the newborn.
An oral presentation and an essay will form the course assessment.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
Increased understanding of biological processes.
Detailed learning outcomes will be provided later.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsPHYSSomato
Contacts
Course organiserDr Mike Ludwig
Tel: (0131 6)50 3275
Email: Mike.Ludwig@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Patricia Law
Tel: (0131 6)50 3161
Email: Anne.Law@ed.ac.uk
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