Share this post ✔️ The A&P Professor Science & Education Updates - Issue #55theapprofessor.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOther ✔️ The A&P Professor Science & Education Updates - Issue #55Kevin PattonAug 23, 2021Share this post ✔️ The A&P Professor Science & Education Updates - Issue #55theapprofessor.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherShareLife ScienceThe Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech's two-dose vaccine Monday for people ages 16 and up, making it the first Covid-19 vaccine to pass this final regulatory hurdle.“You are not a horse,” the Food and Drug Administration said. “Stop it.”In a Times simulation, we modeled Delta-driven Covid outbreaks in two communities, one with a high vaccination rate and another with a low rate. Their levels of serious illness and death were starkly different. Pretty cool animations here!Why do people sometimes gain weight after they start to exercise regularly? Don't tell me you've never been asked this by an A&P student!The habenula relays external information, such as sight and smell, along with internal states associated with emotion and learning to brain regions that govern adaptive behaviors.Allopregnanolone, a neuroactive steroid used in the treatment of postpartum depression, alters neural communication in the basolateral amygdala, an area of the brain associated with emotion and mood regulation. The drug may alter the network associated with chronic stress, which may explain its persistent antidepressant effect.Teaching & Learning A social media thread I ran across recently laments that the lymphatic system is an undervalued and undertaught topic in the anatomy and physiology curriculum. That puzzles me.A handful of professors gathered this week under the hot sun on a large grassy field at Clemson University. Propped up next to them were signs that read, “All In for Masks,” and, “A Mask Is a Small Ask.”Kimberly Paul, an associate professor of genetics and biochemistry, had staged the demonstration. She had been galvanized by a tweet posted by James P. Clements, the university president, of the new-student convocation on August 13. In the photos, students are seated shoulder to shoulder, indoors, many of them maskless. Paul got angry. “I was like, That is it. The university is not taking this seriously.”TAPP News & NotesHow do you prevent cheating in your anatomy and physiology class? Here are some ideas to explore to address academic integrity with your students.PreviousNext