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534-304 Neuropharmacology (Practical)

Note:

1. Special requirements: Laboratory coat and dissecting instruments
2. This subject must be taken in conjunction with 534-303. Experiments involving the use of animals are an essential part of this subject; exemption is not possible.

Credit points: 12.0

Coordinator: Dr R J Summers

Corequisite: Pharmacology 534-303

Contact: 78 hours practicals, one 6-hour session per week

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

By the end of the teaching programme in Neuropharmacology (practical), the student should:

Have developed:

• skills to set up and successfully carry out laboratory experiments using computer based recording equipment; to record accurately and analyse the results of a variety of pharmacological experiments; to develop quantitative and qualitative skills to carry out organ bath, biochemical pharmacology and neurotransmitter release experiments;

Appreciate:

• the fundamental importance of good laboratory practice which includes the proper treatment and handling of laboratory animals, the proper keeping and writing up of laboratory records and the importance of good experimental design and methods of data analysis in investigating mechanisms of drug action.

Content:

Neurochemical transmission; general mechanisms; co-transmission; specific neurochemical transmitter systems; identification of transmitter substances; drug action at sites of chemical neurotransmission; local hormones; hormones; other chemical mediators.

Assessment:

Continuous assessment throughout the subject; a 1-hour computer based practical examination.

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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Science (Volume 4 page 223)

Status:          Official 1996
Date created:    Oct  9 1995
Last modified:   Oct  9 1995
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