- Docente: Alberto Vaccheri
- Credits: 1
- SSD: BIO/14
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Neurophysiopathology techniques (cod. 8482)
Learning outcomes
The course provides knowledge of the basic principles of pharmacology, with special attention to the drugs used in neurologiacal disorders
Course contents
Pharmacokinetics : absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination of drugs
Main pharmacokinetic parameters : bioavailability, volume of distribution, AUC, Cmax, Tmax, clearance)
Pharmacodynamics : mechanisms of drug action, agonists, antagonists, relation between drug concentration and effect; the variability of response to drugs
Drug-drug interactions
Drug toxicity : classification of adverse drug reactions and principles of post-marketing drug surveillance
General principles of neurotransmission in central and peripheral nervous system
Drugs acting on autonomic and somatic motor nervous system : cholinergic agonists and antagonists; adrenergic agonists and antagonists; neuromuscular blocking agents
Drugs acting on the central nervous system : general anesthetics, local anesthetics, opioid analgesics, hypnotics and sedatives, antidepressant agents, antiepileptic agents, antipsychotic agents, drugs for degenerative diseases of CNS (Parkinson, Alzheimer)
Readings/Bibliography
Waller D.G., Renwick A.G., Hillier K. FARMACOLOGIA MEDICA ED ELEMENTI DI TERAPIA. (Ediz. Italiana) Elsevier, Milano, 2011.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Multiple choice test consisting of 30 questions about the contents of the course
Teaching tools
Teaching material (access restricted to UNIBO student) can be downloaded at: campus.unibo.it
Office hours
See the website of Alberto Vaccheri