PATOLOGIE DEL SISTEMA NERVOSO CENTRALE E RIABILITAZIONEModule NEUROPSICOFARMACOLOGIA
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: GIUSEPPINA CANTARELLAExpected Learning Outcomes
At the end of the module, the student will be able to know the correct use of the active components of drugs in compliance with their therapeutic indications and routes of administration; recognize side effects of the most significant drugs used in medical practice and of the main classes of drugs used in the neurological and psychiatric fields and subject to restrictions of use.
Course Structure
Frontal lessons with PPT projections
Required Prerequisites
Knowledge of the physiology and pathophysiology of the main organs and systems.
Detailed Course Content
The NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY course provides the student with a preparation on the general principles of pharmacology and on the phases of pharmacokinetics, including the routes of administration, the mechanisms of absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination of the drug; on the most significant drug classes used for the most common diseases of the central nervous system which are closely related to Physiotherapy
Textbook Information
Taglialatela M, Conforti A, Leone R, Mattioli F, Moretti U, Pignataro G, Vanzetta M.( 2018) Farmacologia (Sorbona Ed. Idelson-Gnocchi)
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General principles of pharmacology: Definition of drug, medicament, toxic, drug, xenobiotic | |
| 2 | PHARMACOKINETICS ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION ABSORPTION DISTRIBUTION OF DRUGS METABOLISM OF DRUGS ELIMINATION OF DRUGS | |
| 3 | PHARMACODYNAMICS | |
| 4 | Autonomic nervous system pharmacology | |
| 5 | Anxiolytic and hypno-sedative drugs | |
| 6 | General and local anesthetics | |
| 7 | Muscle relaxants | |
| 8 | Parkinson's disease Alzheiemer's disease Cerebral ischemiaTherapies | |
| 9 | Pain therapy: Fans and opioids | |
| 10 | Drugs for the treatment of mood disorders |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
The evaluation of the student includes an oral exam which consists in submitting to the examiner three questions, one of pharmacokinetics, one of pharmacodynamics and one of special pharmacology relating to Neuropsychopharmacology
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