| CODE | 98818 |
|---|---|
| ACADEMIC YEAR | 2019/2020 |
| CREDITS | 2.5 credits during the 2nd year of 10598 MEDICAL-PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (LM-9) GENOVA |
| SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR | BIO/14 |
| LANGUAGE | English |
| TEACHING LOCATION | GENOVA (MEDICAL-PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY) |
| SEMESTER | 2° Semester |
| TEACHING MATERIALS | AULAWEB |
The aim of the course is to provide the students with knowledge about the main classes of drugs active on the central nervous system. The course will be focused to study the main pharmacological strategies used to modulate the neurochemical and behavioral responses to affect the pathogenetic mechanisms of the main CNS diseases.
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 will be performed by frontal lessonsin English
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
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.
Office hours: 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.
Teaching will be performed by frontal lessonsin English
All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.
The exam will be performed as an interview in English
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.