Specific areas of pharmacology not normally included in other courses. May be repeated for credit with change in content.

Specific areas of pharmacology not normally included in other courses. May be repeated for credit with change in content.

Standard experimental techniques used in pharmacological research are explored through a series of hands-on laboratory exercises. Numerous techniques common to research in many fields will be introduced.

Specific areas of pharmacology not normally included in other courses. May be repeated for credit with change in content.

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. This course will investigate drug actions on the nervous system. Focusing on translation of basic neuroscience into the discovery of therapies in the treatment of brain disorders, including elucidating mechanisms by which drugs act in disease, also the use of drugs as tools to probe the function of neurons, synapses, and neural circuits. The course will introduce critical thinking skills by linking textbook knowledge to current literature, using the Journal Club submission format to encourage in-depth critical analyses of high impact, peer-reviewed articles.

A study of pharmacology with emphasis on mechanisms of drug action, interaction, and therapeutics.

A conceptual study of drugs which alter the function of the autonomic nervous system. Emphasis will be on mechanisms by which drugs affect transmitter synthesis, release, uptake, and metabolism as well as receptor function.

Course focuses on experimental methods employed in pharmacological research. Topics include expression cloning, photo-affinity labeling, gene microarrays, patch clamp recording, etc. This course will consist of selected topics, lectures and student discussions.

A structured in-depth study of specific topics concerning neurochemical pharmacology, behavioral pharmacology, and neuropsychopharmacology. Topics to be studied will vary each semester. The course will consist of lectures, discussions, and oral presentations of original papers by the class.

This cooperative, interdepartmental effort offers a detailed study of the nervous system. Students examine both gross and fine structure and function from the subcellular through the behavioral level.

This course will enhance student skills in scientific public speaking through a series of seminars that are critiqued by Translational Neuroscience & Pharmacology faculty. Weekly seminars are designed to provide training in research data presentation and analysis or critical evaluation and presentation of a manuscript in press. A required course for Translational Neuroscience & Pharmacology graduate students, it is taken during the fall and spring semesters. The course is designed such that students must interact by participating in the question and answer component of all seminars as well as during lunch with invited speakers. Grades are determined by faculty evaluation of seminar presentation and by participation during seminars.

This course is designed to complement the Translational Neuroscience and Pharmacology seminar series and provide a forum for the students to become familiar with some of the speakers publications. The readings for the course will examine the hypothesis that was tested, the techniques employed, the most important results obtained, and the conclusions that were drawn from the study. The knowledge and oral presentation of the original science articles are reviewed. May be repeated for credit.