Physiology

Cardiovascular and renal physiology, hypertension (high blood pressure), renin-angiotensin system; reproductive physiology, fetal and neonatal physiology, respiratory development, endocrine control of the cycle and pregnancy, fetal growth and parturition; physiology of sense organs, reflexes, proprioception, brain processing of sensory information, autonomic nerve mechanisms, control of smooth muscle contraction, intestinal and urinary tract motility, energetics and mechanics of muscle, control of body movement, exercise physiology; neuroendocrinology; molecular endocrinology; hypothalamic hormones; ion transport, membrane transport in erythrocytes; molecular biology of neurodegeneration; cell death and aging.