Course Description
The interaction of drugs with tissue receptors, and the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination of drugs by the organism, and molecular carcinogenesis.
Athena Title
MOLEC PHARMACOLOGY
Prerequisite
VPHY 5200/7200 or PHRM 6410
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Contact the instructor for specific course objectives and learning outcomes.
Topical Outline
Intro. to receptors, Receptor characterization, Radioligand binding studies, Receptor techniques: solubilization, autoradiograhy, receptor cycling. signal transduction. Calcium and phosphoinositides molecular genetics of receptors, drug metabolism, carcinogenesis