MOLECULAR NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
PYC 7010/IBS 7050
Winter Semester 2012

Tuesdays and Thursday, 8:30A.M. - 9:50A.M.   ROOM 3125
JANUARY 10 - APRIL 29, 2011

 


 

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Date

Topic (click for streaming video)

Chapter

Professor

1

Jan 10

Introduction; Principles of Pharmacokinetics

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Galloway

2

Jan 12

Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology and Pharmacodynamics

1

Galloway

3

Jan 17

Neuronal Cell Types: Interactions and Anatomy

2

Galloway

4

Jan 19

The Membrane Potential

2

Perrine

5

Jan 24

The Action Potential and its Molecular Basis

2

Perrine

6

Jan 26

Synaptic Transmission

3

Conti

7

Jan 31

Signal Transduction

4

Granneman

8

Feb 2

Nuclear Signaling: Gene Expression

4

Leff

Ex

Feb 7

Exam I

-

Galloway

9

Feb 9

Neurotransmitters I: Glutamate, GABA, Glycine

5

Galloway

10

Feb 14

Neurotransmitters II: Catecholamines

6

Galloway

11

Feb 16

Neurotransmitters III: Serotonin, Acetylcholine, Histamine

6 (9)

Galloway

12

Feb 21

Neurotransmitters IV: Peptides, CB, NO

7,8

Perrine

13

Feb 23

Neurotransmitters V: Neurotrophic Factors

8 (9)

Granneman

14

Feb 28

Neuroimaging in Neuropsychiatric Research: PET, MR, SPECT

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Galloway

15

Mar 1

Neurodegeneration: Mechanisms

17

Benjamins

16

Mar 6

Neuroendocrine Physiology

10 (9)

Mackenzie

17

Mar 8

Pain & Inflammation

11

Galloway

18

Mar 20 Tu

Review Session

-

Galloway

Ex

Mar 22 Th

Exam II

 

Galloway

19

Mar 27 Tu

Mood, Bipolar, and Anxiety Disorders

14

Galloway

20

Mar 29 Th

Sleep and Arousal

12

Galloway

21

Ap 3 Tu

Higher Cognition: Schizophrenia

16

Galloway

22

Ap 5 Th

Higher Cognitive Function: Behavior, Memory, Alzheimer’s

13, 17

Galloway

23

Ap 10 Tu

Reinforcement I: Pathways and Mechanisms of Addiction

15

Galloway

24

Ap 12 Th

Anesthesia

(11,12)

McKelvey

25

Ap 17 Tu

Movement Disorders: Parkinson’s Disease, Huntington’s, ALS

17

LeWitt

Rv

Ap 19 Th

Review

 

Galloway

26

Ap 24Th

Stroke and Seizure Disorders

18,19

Loeb