Course program
Principles of Pharmacokinetics: absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination of drugs.
• Principles of Pharmacodynamics: Concept of receptor. Main receptor classes: G-protein coupled receptors, tyrosine kinase receptors, channel receptors. Diseases related to alteration of receptors or signal transduction systems related to them. Hints at mechanisms of regulation of receptor activity.
• Topics in Pharmacology: Resistance to antibiotics.
• Drug development: the pre-clinical and clinical trial stages.
Books
-Anna Maria DI GIULIO- Alfredo GORIO-Stephana CARELLI- Silvano Gabriele CELLA- Francesco SCAGLIONE
FARMACOLOGIA GENERALE E SPECIALE Per le lauree sanitarie Edizioni PICCIN
- Bertram Katzung, Marieke Kruidering-Hall, Anthony J. Trevor
FARMACOLOGIA Compendio e quesiti a scelta multipla Edizioni PICCIN
- Richard D. Howland, Mary J. Micek
LE BASI DELLA FARMACOLOGIA Edizioni ZANICHELLI