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1/15/2019 - Medical Grand Rounds: Neural control of somatic function: The future of physiology and medicine

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Faculty, residents, fellows, and community physicians in General Internal Medicine and subspecialties.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Describe basic approaches used by neurobiologists to define pathways controlling vital bodily functions.
  • Review how the hypothalamus and more rostral brain areas integrate control of appetite and thirst with the organism's experience of the environment.
  • Explain how the brain controls blood pressure.
  • Explain the overall control of bladder filling and voiding

Suggested Additional Reading:

  • Hou et al, Cell 2016.
  • Verstegen et al. J Comp Neurol 2017.
  • Wall NR et al. PNAS 2010;107:21848-21853
  • Resch, JM et al. Neuron 96:190-206; 2017.

Authors:
Mark L. Zeidel, MD — Herrman L. Blumgart Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Physician-in-Chief and Chair, Department of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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