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29957-01 - Lecture: Neurotoxicology (1 CP)

Semester spring semester 2015
Course frequency Every spring sem.
Lecturers Stefan Borgwardt (s.borgwardt@unibas.ch)
Anne Eckert (anne.eckert@unibas.ch)
Matthias Emanuel Liechti (matthias.liechti@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Nicole Schaeren-Wiemers (nicole.schaeren-wiemers@unibas.ch)
Content Week 1: Introduction (M. Liechti), Nervous Tissue Par 1 (N. Schären-Wiemers)
Week 2: Nervous Tissue Part 2 and Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration (N. Schären-Wiemers)
Week 3: Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration Part 2 and Axonal Transport (N. Schären-Wiemers)
Week 4: Cellular Assays (A. Eckert) and Cholinergic system (M. Liechti)
Week 5: Monoamine, GABA and glutamargic systems (M. Liechti)
Week 6: Neurological evaluation (M. Hardmeier); Neuroimaging (St. Borgwardt)
Week 7: MC-Exam
Learning objectives To understand the structural and function basics of the nervous system and how chemicals and drugs interact with neuronal structures and functions. Ability to evaluate example cases.
Bibliography Lecture slides on ADAM.
Klaassen, Casaretts & Dull’s, Toxicology, The basis science of poisons, Chapter: Toxic responses of the nervous system.
Goodman & Gilman’s, Manual of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, paperback, McGraw Hill Medical, (available as small paper back or full hard cover book)
a. Chapter 6-11: Drugs acting at synaptic and neuroeffector junctional sites
b. Chapter 12-23: Drugs acting on the central nervous system and neurotransmission in the CNS
Reading assignments (ADAM) Acute Toxicities of Organophosphates and Carbamates, Chapter 1 by JE Chambers and RL Carr; Handbook of Neurotoxicology Vol I by EJ Massaro, Humana Press, 2010 AND Neurotoxic effects of substitute amphetamines in rodents; Chapter 11 by JP O’Callaghan and DB Miller and Dopamine and Neuronal Damage. Handbook of Neurotoxicology Vol I by EJ Massaro, Humana Press, 2010

 

Language of instruction English
Use of digital media No specific media used

 

Interval Weekday Time Room

No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.

Modules Module Specialisation: Toxicology (Master Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Module Specific Knowledge in Toxicology (Master Toxicology) (Pflicht)
Assessment format continuous assessment
Assessment details Please refert to the list: http://pharma.unibas.ch/teaching/leistungsueberpruefungen/lluep/
Assessment registration/deregistration Reg.: course registration; dereg.: teaching staff
Repeat examination no repeat examination
Scale 1-6 0,5
Repeated registration as often as necessary
Responsible faculty Faculty of Science, studiendekanat-philnat@unibas.ch
Offered by Departement Pharmazeutische Wissenschaften

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