Academic Calendar 2019/2020 - Neuropharmacology

PSYC 3506  Neuropharmacology

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Students examine and discuss aspects of the drug-induced changes in the functioning of the nervous system. Emphasis is placed on providing a description of the cellular and molecular actions of drugs on synaptic transmission using a translational approach from genes to behaviour with reference to specific diseases/conditions. Students are also introduced to the use of Bioinformatic tools and their application to the study of neuroscience is also given. This course may be credited towards Science.