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Decks in this class (23)

Drug Sources & Classifications
Define drugs,
Most prescribed drugs in ireland,
3 types of names a drug may have
18  cards
Drug Targets
4 methods by which drugs function,
With drugs they apply to mostly p...,
Name the top 5 moas of drugs
27  cards
Receptor Families
What is a receptorwhat does it do,
What are the 4 receptor superfami...,
What are gpcrs also known as
41  cards
Agonists & Antagonists
Define agonist,
Define antagonist,
Law of mass action agonists
30  cards
Dose Response Relationships
Define bioassay,
Law of mass action,
What are isolated tissues
16  cards
Mechanisms & Dose Responses
Name the,
Name some agonists of opioid drugs,
Name an antagonist of opioids
39  cards
Clinical Trials
Define clinical trial,
Phase 1a,
Phase 1b
25  cards
Systematic Reviews and Meta Analysis
Define systematic reviews,
What is the rationale for systema...,
5 types of evidence
12  cards
Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs)
Define adr,
Most common adverse effect of sta...,
What statin was withdrawn from th...
29  cards
Poisoning
What was bia 10 2474 proposed for...,
Phase 1 of clinical trial of bia ...,
9 groups of drugs that feature in...
20  cards
PK: Movement Across Cell Barriers & Ion Trapping
4 principles of pharmacokinetics,
What does endocytosis apply to,
Formula for bioavailability
52  cards
PK: Drug Distribution
Total body water _______ of body ...,
Fat ______ of body weight,
Ec fluid consists of
45  cards
PK: Drug Metabolism
Main routes of loss of drug from ...,
What are xenobiotics,
Drug metabolism biotransformation
48  cards
PK: Drug Excretion
2 ways drugs are eliminated,
Absorption vs elimination phase d...,
6 routes for drug excretion elimi...
108  cards
ANS & NMJ
What nts are used in the ans,
What nt is used at the neuromuscu...,
What does cholinergic neurotransm...
68  cards
Cholinergic Neurotransmission, Cholinergic Drugs, Adrenergic Drugs
Moa of skeletal muscle contraction,
Moa of fight or flight response,
Moa of parasympathetic rest diges...
175  cards
Dopaminergic Neurotransmission & Dopaminergic Drugs
Sites of dopamine in the brain,
Pathway thats dysfunctional in sc...,
Synthesis storage release termina...
57  cards
Cholinergic Neurotransmission and Cholinergic Drugs
Important sites for ach,
Synthesis storage release termina...,
How does ach exert its effects
17  cards
Serotonergic Neurotransmission and Serotonergic Drugs
Most important location of 5 ht i...,
Synthesis storage release termina...,
Receptor targets of 5 ht
57  cards
GABAergic and Glutamatergic Neurotransmission, GABAergic and Glutamatergic Drugs
Distribution of gaba throughout t...,
Synthesis storage release termina...,
2 types of gaba receptors
79  cards
Unit 4 Introduction
Number of neurons and synaptic co...,
Adaptive responses
2  cards
Unit 4 Workbook
Depression hypothesis pharmacolog...,
Schizophrenia hypothesis pharmaco...,
Anxiety hypothesis pharmacologica...
68  cards
Unit 4 Drugs
Pentylenetetrazole,
L dopa,
Pramipexole
24  cards

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