PHAR 5013 - Principles of Pharmacology

Course Director: Dr. Bill Clarke

Semester(s) Offered: Spring

Credits: 3

Course Description:

Principles of drug action; receptor classification and quantitation; dose-response relationships; cellular mechanisms of drug action; fundamental concepts of drug-receptor interactions; voltage-gated and ligand-gated ion channels; drug actions mediated by transduction and non-transduction enzymes; time course of drug action; absorption, distribution, biotransformation and elimination of drugs; pharmacokinetics; experimental approaches to drug action.