Program of the course
Radioactivity
Biochemistry
• Carbohydrates
• Lipids
• Amino acids and proteins
• Enzymes
• Metabolism of Carbohydrates
• Electrical Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
• Metabolism of Lipids
• Metabolism of Proteins
• Metabolism of Nucleotides
• Biological Fluids
• Vitamins
• Hormones
Introduction to Pharmacology.
Drugs development process.
Elements of Pharmacokinetics: absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination.
Elements of Pharmacodynamic and types of drug receptors.
Elements of drugs interaction.
Elements of drug abuse and addiction.
Allergy and idiosyncrasy.
Drugs and teratogenic risk.
Serotonergic, adrenergic and GABAergic neurotransmission.
Treatment of depressive and anxiety disorders.
Anti inflammatory agents.
Anti histaminic drugs.
Treatment of asthma and anaphylactic shock.
Monoclonal antibodies.
Radiopharmaceutic agents.
Contrast media.
TEXTS OF REFERENCE
2. Chemicals for Biomedical Sciences
George I. Sackheim
Dennis D. Lehman
EdiSES
3. Biochemistry
Campbell / Farrell
EdiSES
Farmacologia per le professioni sanitarie; Rossi F., Cuomo V., Riccardi C.,
Edizioni Minerva Medica