THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING

Course objectives

Pharmacology II and Toxicology The objectives of the course are: 1) the toxic aspects related to the stress response of the central nervous system throughout life. Particular attention will be given to the early origin of adult diseases; 2) pharmacology of neurological and psychiatric disorders; At the end of the course the students will have the skills in pharmacology of the central nervous system. The response to stress as the ability to adapt the central nervous system. Stress as a factor that influences the psychopharmaceutical response.

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FERDINANDO NICOLETTI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Contents: Drug addiction Compulsive drug taking: different kind of drugs and different kind of users; the reward circuit; DA system; individual difference in drug taking; factor of vulnerability; stress and drug addiction; animal model of drug addiction; comorbidity depression and addiction; Ethanol consumption. Pharmacology of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Animal model definition: animal model of stress-related diseases such as sleep inflammation and gastro-intestinal disorders; neuropharmacology in the PRS animal model; animal model of Alzheimer disease.
Prerequisites
Requirements: Human Physiology, chemistry and biology and Pharmacology I
Books
Suggested textbooks: Goodman and Gilman: XII Edition in English and 10 scientific articles.
Frequency
mandatory
Exam mode
Evaluation methods: Oral examination of the course and the presentation of a scientific article with slide. In addition, written exam on a research conducted on PUBMED on stress and its relationship to the pathology.
STEFANIA MACCARI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Contents: Drug addiction Compulsive drug taking: different kind of drugs and different kind of users; the reward circuit; DA system; individual difference in drug taking; factor of vulnerability; stress and drug addiction; animal model of drug addiction; comorbidity depression and addiction; Ethanol consumption. Pharmacology of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Animal model definition: animal model of stress-related diseases such as sleep inflammation and gastro-intestinal disorders; neuropharmacology in the PRS animal model; animal model of Alzheimer disease.
Prerequisites
Requirements: Human Physiology, chemistry and biology and Pharmacology I
Books
Suggested textbooks: Goodman and Gilman: XII Edition in English and 10 scientific articles.
Frequency
mandatory
Exam mode
Evaluation methods: Oral examination of the course and the presentation of a scientific article with slide. In addition, written exam on a research conducted on PUBMED on stress and its relationship to the pathology.
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseMedicine and Surgery
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year5th year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDBIO/14
  • CFU3