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The neuroscience of drugs for therapy, for prevention, and for recreation. Drug addiction and drug abuse. You’ll learn the prospects for new generations of medications in neurology, psychiatry, aging, and treatment of substance abuse.
课程大纲
Introduction and summary of the course. What is a drug? Types of drug molecules. Drug entry into nervous system. Drug receptors. Introduction to mammalian brains. Botulinum toxin. Origin of the resting potential. Electrophysiology.
Week 2. Beginning 11 JanuaryDrugs activate ion channels. Drugs block ion channels. Drugs activate and block G protein pathways.
Week 3. Beginning 18 JanuaryDrugs block neurotransmitter transporters. Pharmacokinetics. Recreational drugs
Week 4. Beginning 25 JanuaryDrug addiction and Drug abuse.Nicotine Addiction.Opiate Addiction.
Week 5. Beginning 1 FebruaryDrugs for neurodegenerative diseases: Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease.
Week 6. Beginning 8 FebruaryDrugs for epilepsy and migraine. Drugs for anxiety.
Week 7.Beginning 15 FebruaryDrugs for psychiatric diseases: Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia. Prospects for better drugs.
教师
Henry A. Lester, PhD
Bren Professor
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
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