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
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11679 (v.3) Pharmaceutical Biology 231 or any previous version
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Co Requisite(s): | 2998 (v.4) Chemotherapy 224
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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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