Aims & Learning Objectives:
To familiarise the student with the methods used to measure functional pharmacological responses and to develop skills in using these techniques to study the systematic pharmacology of different organs within the body and in presenting scientific data in report and poster format. After taking this unit, the student should demonstrate (1) an understanding of the pharmacological techniques used to study the actions of drugs in the kidney and in intestinal, bronchial and vascular smooth muscle and (2) an ability to write a scientific report and to plan, prepare and present a scientific poster.
Content:
Methods of measurement in pharmacology; actions of diuretic drugs on urinary levels of sodium, potassium and hydrogen; influence of route of administration of a drug on its onset and duration of action; agonist and antagonist response curves; actions of drugs on vascular, cardiac and respiratory smooth muscle.
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