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Neuropharmacology
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Neuropharmacology
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Academic year 2019/2020
- Course ID
- SVB0057
- Teacher
- Dott. Roberto Canaparo (Coordinator)
- Degree course
- Cellular and Molecular Biology
- Year
- 2nd year
- Type
- Distinctive
- Credits/Recognition
- 4
- Course disciplinary sector (SSD)
- BIO/14 - farmacologia
- Delivery
- Formal authority
- Language
- English
- Attendance
- Optional
- Type of examination
- Written
- Prerequisites
- Students wishing to take the course of Neuropharmacology should have a good knowledge of General Pharmacology
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Sommario del corso
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Course objectives
The objectives of this course are to provide the concepts and theory essential for understanding the mechanism of action and clinical effects of drug classes which are used to treat Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders.
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Results of learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students should be:
able to identify the main neurotransmitters and receptors present at the CNS level;
able to list examples of drugs used to treat major classes of brain and mind disorders;
able to outline the mechanism of action of specified drug classes used to treat the
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Course delivery
The course consists of 32 teaching hours to provide core knowledge of the different topics covered.
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Learning assessment methods
The final test consists of a Moodle-based multi-choice section of 30 questions to complete in 30 minutes where each question has four choices with one right answer.
Brief article presentation (optional): students might give a short presentation before the end of the course based on Neuropharmacology articles selected through a biobliographic search activity. This presentation may provide additional points to the grade of the final exam.
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Program
1. Introduction to Neuropharmacology
3. Neurotransmitters and Receptor systems in the brain
2. Placebo effect
3. Brain Disorders and drugs used to treat them
4. Pain and Analgesia in the CNS
5. Local and General AnaestheticsSuggested readings and bibliography
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The teaching materials used for the class lectures will be made available to registered students on the Moodle platform.
Reference Books:
Goodman & Gilman's "The pharmacological basis of therapeutics" Mc Graw Hill Ed.
Katzung "Basic & Clinical Pharmacology" Mc Graw Hill Ed.
Rang & Dale "Pharmacology" Elsevier Ed.
Francesco Clemente & Guido Fumagalli "General and Molecular Pharmacology" Wiley Ed.
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