🏆 High H1 | Deans’ List | Comprehensive PHYS30012 Summary

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Week 1 – Stress and the body - How does the body respond to stressful challenges - Cardiorespiratory reflexes under normal conditions - Cardiorespiratory reflexes under stress Week 2 – Stress and the body - Thermoeffectors and heat defence - Sensation of body temperature - Neural control of cold defence Week 3 – Adaptations to training - Muscle plasticity - Designing a training program (principles) Week 4 – Aging effects - Aging muscles and countermeasures - Extreme muscle growth Week 5 – Adaptations to detraining - Nutritional intervention for enhancing muscle adaptation - Effect of disuse - Case study in hibernation Week 6 – Adaptations to training - Neurogenesis in aging and exercise - Vascular adaptations in aging and exercise Week 7 – Adaptations to extreme environments - Adaptations to the heat - Adaptations to the cold Week 8 – Adaptations to extreme environments - Adaptations to high altitude (hypobaria) - Adaptations to extreme depth (hyperbaria) Week 9 – Adaptations to extreme environments - Effect of high and negative G on the body - Effect of microgravity - Conversation with a NASA astronaut Week 10 – Integrative physiology of exercise - Foundations of metabolism - Metabolism during exercise - Fuel utilisation during exercise Week 11 – Integrative physiology of exercise - Oxygen uptake in exercise - Cardiovascular and respiratory response to exercise and training - Maximal oxygen uptake Week 12 – Integrative physiology of exercise - Temperature regulation - Exercise in heat - Fluid regulation