FAR642 Central Nervous System II

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Course Goal / Objective

To provide anatomical and physiological basic information about the central nervous system; pharmacological effects of drugs used in the treatment of neurological and psychiatric diseases, their mechanisms of action and their use in treatment.

Course Content

Neurotransmitter, neurohormone and neuromodulatory systems and signal transduction mechanisms in the central nervous system, drugs used in mood disorders, antipsychotics, hypnosedatives, alcohol, substance abuse, narcotic analgesics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antiepileptics, drugs used in the treatment of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and movement disorders, general and local anesthetics, skeletal muscle relaxants

Course Precondition

To have taken Central Nervous System Pharmacology I course.

Resources

1.Medical Pharmacology in terms of Rational Treatment, Kayaalp SO, Hacettepe Taş Kitapçılık, Ankara, IX. edition, 2000 2. Goodman & Gilman's. Pharmacologic Basis of Therapeutics. Hardman JG, Limbird LE, IXth edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1996 Pharmacology, Rang, HP, Dale, MM, Ritter, JM, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, V. edition, 2003 3.Pharmacology, Rang, HP, Dale, MM, Ritter, JM, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, V. edition, 2003 4.Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology, Mycek MJ, Harvey RA, Champe PC, 2nd edition, 1997

Notes

Internet, library databases

Course Learning Outcomes

Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Week Plan

Student Workload - ECTS