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Module code:PHAR1001(Add to my personalised list)
Title:An Introduction to the Mechanisms of Drug Action
Credit value:.5
Division:Division of Biosciences
Module organiser:Dr Guy Moss
Organiser's location:Dept. of Pharmacology
Organiser's email:g.moss@ucl.ac.uk
Available for students in Year(s):1,
Module prerequisites:This course is designed for students enrolled in the Pharmacology, Physiology & Pharmacology and Biomedical Sciences degree programmes. Any student who has entered one of these degree courses will normally have met the course requirements.  
Module outline:This course is designed for those who are new to the subject of Pharmacology. During the course you will examine the actions of drugs at both the cellular/molecular level and at the level of interactions with the whole ‘animal’ (ourselves).  
Module aims:Term 1. The course begins by discussing how drugs called ‘local anaesthetics’ can be used to block nerves. This is an important class of compounds that allow simple surgical procedures to be carried out without pain. The course then moves on to cover some other examples of drugs acting on excitable tissues, such as the muscle relaxant drugs that are often used as adjucts to more complicated surgical procedures. During these lectures basic principles of drug action are established by considering what happens at the cellular and molecular level. These ideas are then extended into a simple theoretical framework that provides a foundation for establishing mechanisms of drug action (the Hill-Langmuir and Schild equations are the basis for this). Term 2. In term 2 we start by examining how new drugs can be developed and the need for selective action in the treatment of diseases such as AIDS, malaria and bacterial infections. We then move on to examine drugs that act on the central nervous system. In this area the course provides a thumbnail sketch of CNS receptors and disorders as well as a consideration of drug addiction and the abuse of drugs.  
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Module timetable:https://cmis.adcom.ucl.ac.uk:4443/timetabling/moduleTimet.do?firstReq=Y&moduleId=PHAR1001 
Module assessment:In-course assessment 5.00%.
Unseen two-hour written examination 95.00%.
 
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