CODE 98818 ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019 CREDITS 2.5 cfu anno 2 MEDICAL-PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 10598 (LM-9) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR BIO/14 LANGUAGE English TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB AIMS AND CONTENT AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The student will be able to understand the mechanisms of action through which drugs affect synaptic transmission and the role of receptor modulation in such as effect. Morever, the student will be aware of the current cellular and molecular alterations responsible of principal CNS diseases and how the drugs can interfere with thes epathogenetic mechanisms. TEACHING METHODS Teaching will be performed by frontal lessonsin English SYLLABUS/CONTENT 1) Mechanism of pain trasmission to the CNS, antalgic drugs (opioids, adjuvant drugs) 2) Anti-parkinson drugs 3) Cannabinoids 4) antiepileptic drugs 5) ansiolitic and ipnotic drugs 6) antipsychotic drugs 7) antidepressant 8) drugs used in dementia RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY F. Clementi, G. Fumagalli. Farmacologia generale e molecolare. (Quarta Edizione) UTET. The slides used during the frontal lessons will be available to the students via Aulaweb. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD TULLIO FLORIO Ricevimento: All the days, after appointament (tel 010-3538806, e-mail: tullio.florio@unige.it) in the office at the ex-Institute ph Pharmacology, viale Benedetto XV num 2. Exam Board TULLIO FLORIO (President) STEFANO THELLUNG DE COURTELARY LESSONS Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The exam will be performed as an interview in English ASSESSMENT METHODS The students' acquisition of the Neuropharmacology notions will be evaluated through an interview in English. The student will have to demonstrate the knowledge of the molecular bases of the CNS diseases and how the drugs intefere with.
