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Credits: 3
The first part of the course examines principles of regulatory mechanisms of various enzymes in metabolic pathways and in the nervous system. Selected examples of short- and long-term regulation will be presented. This is followed by the selected topic of peptides in the nervous system to demonstrate examples of transcriptional, translational and post-translational regulatory pathways. Students will read and discuss recent papers on these topics.
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Lectures: 3 hrs/wk. Letter-graded.