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Decks in this class (18)

Agonist and dose-response curves
What is an agonist,
What dose of aspirin is required ...,
What is a graded dose response re...
35  cards
Antagonists and dose-response curves
What is an antagonist,
Antagonist examples,
What are pure antagonists
21  cards
Drug absorption
Pharmacokinetics pk,
How do drugs move around the body,
Diffusion through lipid
29  cards
Drug elimination
Pk parameters of the distribution,
The volume of distribution vd,
Factors affecting distribution
61  cards
General principles of drug action.
One compartment model,
Kinetic orders,
First order kinetics
8  cards
Drug development in the UK
Target discovery 2 3 years,
Lead identification 05 1 year,
Lead optimization 1 3 years
36  cards
Signalling in the nervous system
Neuronal signaling definition,
Electrical signalling definition,
Major ions that contribute to mem...
24  cards
Drugs and the peripheral nervous system
Example of peripheral nervous sys...,
Example of peripheral nervous sys...,
What is the pns efferent pathway
59  cards
Drugs used to treat asthma
Regulation of respiration,
Autonomic regulation of lungs par...,
Autonomic regulation of lungs sym...
27  cards
Local anaesthetics
What are anesthetics,
What are analgesics,
What are local anesthetics
26  cards
Antiparkinson drugs
Symptoms of parkinson s disease,
Post mortem neurophology,
Pathology of parkinsons disease
20  cards
Antidepressants
Depression,
Pathology of depression,
Noradrenergic pathways
29  cards
Introduction to hormones and endocrine system
Hormones control and regulate,
Homeostasis,
When hormones go wrong
35  cards
Endocrine pharmacology: Female sex hormones
Types of female sex hormones,
Oestrogen fertility,
Oestrogen lactation
30  cards
Inflammation and anti-inflammatories
The local accumulation of fluid c...,
An immediate response aims to,
Innate non specific defence mecha...
33  cards
Antihistamines
Autocoid,
Local hormone,
Where is histamine found
49  cards
Selective toxicity and antibiotics
Chemotherapy,
Chemotherapeutic targets,
Effective chemotherapy agents
39  cards
Cancer chemotherapy (anticancer therapy)
0  cards

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