Effectiveness of interprofessional education in renal physiology curricula for health sciences graduate students.

The primary purpose of conducting an interprofessional education (IPE) experience during the renal physiology block of a graduate-level course was to provide basic science, physical therapy, and physician assistant graduate students with an opportunity to work as a team in the diagnosis, treatment, and collaborative care of a patient with acute kidney injury. The secondary purpose was to enhance the understanding of basic renal physiology principles with a patient case presentation of renal pathophysiology. The overall purpose was to assess the value of IPE integration within a basic science course by examining student perceptions and program evaluation.

Cardiac myosin phenotype remodelling following adrenodemedullectomy and chronic 6-hydroxydopamine in male Sprague-Dawley rats.

Background: An increase was previously found in relative beta myosin heavy chain (MyHC) in the right ventricle of rats following thoracic spinal transection. It was hypothesized that the MyHC remodelling that was observed might be due, in part, to autonomic influences on the right ventricle.

Objective: To evaluate cardiac myosin phenotype following 21 days of reduced sympathetic activity.

Use of anabolic steroids to attenuate the effects of glucocorticoids on the rat diaphragm.

Background And Purpose: Administration of glucocorticoids results in atrophy and contractile dysfunction in the rat diaphragm. Anabolic steroids may be useful in preventing atrophy and contractile dysfunction. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of simultaneous administration of testosterone and glucocorticoids on morphological and contractile properties of the rat diaphragm.