CNS PHARMACOLOGY

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CNS PHARMACOLOGY

• Week 8. LECTURE OUTLINE

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INTRODUCTION

• Types of CNS neurotransmitters
• General principles of CNS drug action
• CNS CONDITIONS
• Dementia, Parkinsons disease
• Epilepsy, Schizophrenia
• Depression, Bipolar disorder

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CNS PHARMACOLOGY

• Types of drugs which are used for
• anxiety and insomnia
• epilepsy
• Parkinson's Disease
• psychosis - schizophrenia

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CNS PHARMACOLOGY BEHAVIOUR

• Types of drugs which are used for
• affective disorders antidepressants
• pain opioid (narcotic) analgesics
• Drugs of misuse and dependence CNS DEPRESSANT
  AND STIMULANT DRUGS
• mechanism of action, treatment of anxiety and
  insomnia, risks of respiratory depression,
  clinical use of stimulants,