This course is a continuation in the series of courses examining the pharmacological and chemical basis of drug action. Students will integrate physiologic, biochemical, and pathophysiologic concepts and information to understand the therapeutic and adverse actions and interactions of drugs. Topics included in this part of the sequence are drugs affecting the central nervous systems. This course introduces students to the pathophysiology and pharmacological treatments of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Sites of intervention by medications used to treat these disorders and their side effects will be emphasized in the treatment of affective/mood disorders, psychoses, epilepsy, anxieties, movement disorders, and sleep disorders.
Prerequisite Courses