8013 (v.5) Pharmacology 224



 

Area:School of Pharmacy
Contact Hours:6.0
Credits:25.0
Lecture:1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):11677 (v.3) Pharmaceutical Biology 233 or any previous version
AND
11679 (v.3) Pharmaceutical Biology 231 or any previous version
Co Requisite(s):2998 (v.4) Chemotherapy 224
Introduction to pharmacodynamics of drug action - relationships between drug dosage (concentration) and drug effect. Drug-receptor interaction - structure-activity relationships. Drug acting at synaptic and neuro-effector junctional sites. Sympatho-adrenal system structure and function, noradrenergic transmission and the role of adrenaline and pharmacological implications. Sympathomimetic drugs; drugs which modify sympathetic neuronal activity and block sympathomimetic receptors. Cardiovascular drugs - Anti-arrhythmic agents.

 

 

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