Syllabus for Fall 1999

Date	Topic	Chapter	Pages
Tues 9/2/97	Course Organization Introduction & Definitions  -Basic Properties  -Drug Formulation and Delivery  -PDR Assignment Form  -PDR Assignment Sample	1 6	3-8
Thurs 9/4	Sites of Action: Receptors	2	9-23
Tues 9/9	Dose-Response Relationships  -Introduction	2	14-23
Thurs 9/11	Dose-Response Relationships  -Receptor Binding  -Theory & Analysis	2 3	12-14 25-29
Tues 9/16	Dose-Response Relationships  -Receptor Binding (continued)  -Theory & Analysis (continued)  -PDR Assignment 1	3
Thurs 9/18	Pharmacokinetics	4	33-42
Tues 9/23	Pharmacokinetics  -PDR Assignment 2	4	42-47
Thurs 9/25	Review
Tues 9/30	Exam 1
Thurs 10/2	Peripheral Nervous System  -Divisions of the PNS  -PNS Neurotransmitters	8	81-83 84-87
Tues 10/7	Peripheral Nervous System  -NT Receptors of the PNS  -Signal Transduction  -Functional Responses & the PNS	8	87-90 90-91 91-95
Thurs 10/9	Drugs Affecting the PSNS  -PDR Assignment 3	9	97-111
Tues 10/14	Drugs Affecting the ANS	10	113-137
Thur 10/16	Drugs Affecting the ANS	10
Tues 10/21	Exam 2 (Part 1)
Thur 10/23	Exam 2 (Part 2)
Tues 10/28	Cardiovascular Pharmacology  -Reg of BP by the ANS  -Antihypertensive Drugs	12 13	149-157 159-164
Thurs 10/30	Cardiovascular Pharmacology   - Diuretics (same as 10/28 link)  -PDR Assignment 4	19	235-242
Tues 11/4	Cardiovascular Pharmacology  -Ca Antagonists	16	203-214
Thurs 11/6	Cardiovascular Pharmacology  -ACE Inhibitors  -PDR Assignment 5	17	215-223
Tues 11/11	Cardiovascular Pharmacology  - Nitrate Vasodilators	17	215-223
Thurs 11/13	Cardiovascular Pharmacology  - Cardiac Drugs  -PDR Assignment 6	15	189-202
Tues 11/18	Cardiovascular Pharmacology  - Antiarrhythmics
Thurs 11/20	Exam 3
Tues 11/25	Drugs Affecting the CNS  - Analgesics	28 29	373-388 389-400
Thurs 11/27	Thanksgiving Holiday No Class
Tues 12/2	-PDR Project Presentations-
Thurs 12/4	-PDR Project Presentations-
Tues 12/9	-PDR Project Presentations-
Thurs 12/11	-PDR Project Presentations-
Tues 12/16	Exam 4 (Final) 10:30 to 12:30