8FA225 · 7.5 credits · Advanced level (A1N) · Medicinsk biologi
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Active · next start VT 2027
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About the course
Aim
In this course the student will acquire an advanced knowledge of the mechanisms of drug action on a molecular and cellular level to understand the medical effects of drugs. The course comprises in-depth knowledge in pharmacodynamics (how drugs act) and includes recent research within selected fields of pharmacology.LEARNING OUTCOMESBy the end of the course the students will be able to:Knowledge and understanding
- Understand the mechanisms of action of different drugs on a molecular, cellular and physiological levelAnalyze drug effects on a molecular to medical levelAnalyze advanced models of drug/receptor protein interactions
Competence and skills
- Apply an advanced knowledge in pharmacological sciences in order to design and perform laboratory studies and to critically interpret obtained results
Judgement and approach
- Evaluate and analyze complex pharmacological questions presented in the scientific literatu
Content
- Current concept of drug/receptor protein interaction
- Mechanisms and medical effects of drugs that interact with G-protein coupled receptors
- Drugs that interact with transmembrane proteins
- Drugs that interfere with intracellular target proteins
- Drugs that affect the neuron and neurotransmission
- Pharmacokinetics
- Recent research within some field of pharmacology; pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics
- Examiner
- Eva Lindström
- Main field of study
- Medicinsk biologi