PHARMACOLOGY
cod. 00351

Academic year 2007/08
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Farmacologia (BIO/14)
Field
Discipline biologiche e biologiche applicate
Type of training activity
Characterising
32 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

The student should learn how the drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized and excreted by the organisms; they should also know how the drugs interact with the different protein substrate, the pharmacological action of the autonomic nervous system and the mechanism of action of the principal classes of drugs

Prerequisites

Physiology

Course unit content

<br />General pharmacology: administration routes, absorption, metabolism, distribution and excretion.<br />Pharmacokinetics: the models<br />Pharmacodynamic : receptors, agonism, antagonism, drug interaction, target proteins<br />Pharmacology of the Autonomic Nervous System<br />Mechanism of action of the principal classes of drugs including the drug of abuse<br /><br />

Full programme

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Bibliography

FARMACOLOGIA GENERALE <br />D. De Wied, W. De Jong e A. Witter<br />Piccin<br /><br /><br />FARMACOLOGIA<br />M.J. Mycek, R. A. Harvey e P. C. Champe<br />Zanichelli

Teaching methods

<br />Didactics:<br />teaching and learning activities by making use of audiovisual instruments; interactive discussions.<br /> <br />Examination Tests: oral

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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