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Valid for year : 2005
 
NVFA06 Pharmacology , 7,5 ECTS credits.
/Farmakologi för biologer/

For:   Bio   BKM   KeBi  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 60
Rec. self-study hours: 140

  Area of Education: Science

Subject area: Biology

  Advancement level (A-D): C

Aim:
The aim of the course is to give basic knowledge in Pharmacology.

Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Participation in NBIB15 Zoology, NBIA12 Physiology, TFBI02 Physiology or corresponding course.

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Organisation:
The course consist of lectures, laborations, seminars and a study project.

Course contents:
The theoretical part consists of general pharmacology, receptor theory, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology of the nervous system, cardiovascular pharmacology, pharmacology of the airways, kidney pharmacology, gastrointestinal pharmacology, hormones, anaestetic agents, analgetic drugs and antibiotics. The laborations consist of computor simulations in pharmacokinetics, receptor charaterisation, pharmacology of the autonomic nervous system and muscle pharmacology, and experiments on isolated tissue.

Course literature:
Rang, Dale, Ritter and More, Pharmacology, 5:th upplagan, 2003.

Examination:
Written examination
Approved laboratory course
4 p
1 p
 



Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IMV.
Director of Studies: Rolf Andersson
Examiner: Leif Jacobsson

Course Syllabus in Swedish

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Last updated: 01/04/2005