COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHYSICOPHARMACOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FAR 6069 PHYSICOPHARMACOLOGY ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3

Offered By

Pharmacology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ŞULE KALKAN

Offered to

Pharmacology

Course Objective

Learning of chemical neurotransmission that mediates the effect of the disease, learning of psychopharmacology of drugs used to treatment of depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, phobic disorder, psychotic disorder, attention deficit, memory impairment and learning of psychopharmacology of drugs used to abuse and learning of psychopharmacology of drugs used to sexual dysfunction.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1- To discuss the chemical neurotransmission that mediates the effect of the
2   2- To discuss the psychopharmacology of drugs used to mood d cisorders
3   3- To discuss the psychopharmacology of drugs used to anxiety.
4   4- To discuss the psychopharmacology of drugs used to psychotic disorder
5   5- To discuss the psychopharmacology of drugs used to memory, and attention deficit disorder
6   6- To discuss the psychopharmacology of drugs used to abuse.
7   7- To discuss the psychopharmacology of drugs used to sexual dysfunction.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Principles of chemical neurotransmission
2 Receptors and enzymes as targets of drug action - The organization of a single receptor - Ion channels - Transport carriers, active transport pumps - The second messenger systems - Ion regulation - Gene regulation - Receptors as a target of drug action -Enzymes as a target of drug action
3 Chemical neurotransmission that mediates the effect of the disease, - Neurobiology - Synaptic neurotransmission, how is mediated by emotional disorders. - Molecular neurobiology and psychiatric disorders - Neuronal plasticity and psychiatric disorders - Hazardous effects of neurotransmission absence and abnormal brain neurotransmission
4 The definition of mood disorder and biological basis of depression
5 Psychopharmacology ofdrugs used to treatment of depression
6 Psychopharmacology of lithium used to bipolar disorder and other drugs
7 The definition of anxiety and biological basis of anxiety
8 Psychopharmacology of drugs used to treatment of anxiety
9 Principles of obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, phobic disorder and psychopharmacology of drugs used to treatment
10 Biological basis of psychotic disorder and schizophrenia
11 Antipsychotic drugs and pharmacology
12 Principles of attention deficit disorder and pharmacology of drugs used to treatment
13 Memory disorders, effects on cholinergic neurotransmission, and Pharmacology of drugs used to treatment of Alzheimer's disease
14 Psychopharmacology of drugs used to abuse (cocaine, amphetamines, phencyclidine, cannabis, cannabinoids, nicotine, opiates, alcohol )
15 Psychopharmacology of drug used to sexual disorder
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Goodman and Gillman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. Drs Brunton, Parker, and Lazo, McGraw Hill Publishing, 2005.
2. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. B.Katzung. Appleton & Lange. 8th ed. 2004.
3. Rasyonel Tedavi Yönünden Tıbbi Farmakoloji. S. Oğuz Kayaalp. Hacettepe-Taş Kitabevi. 12. Baskı, 2009.
4. Farmakoloji Ders Kitabı. Türk Farmakoloji Derneği. Gazi Kitabevi, 2000
5. Temel Psikofarmakoloji. Nörobilimsel Temeli ve Pratik Uygulamaları. Stahl SM. Çeviri Editörü: Taneli B, Taneli Y. 2003.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 FIN FINAL EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE FN*1
3 RST RESIT
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) BUT*1

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sule.kalkan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 1 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 4 60
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 85

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.13142115115
LO.24142115115
LO.34142115115
LO.44142115115
LO.54142115115
LO.64142115115
LO.74142115115

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