Boston University Medical Campus
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Biochemical Neuropharmacology

• Course Objectives, Assignments, Grading
• Lecture Schedule

Biochemical Neuropharmacology, GMS PM850
Instructor: Bryan K. Yamamoto, Ph.D.
Course Format and Objectives

• Objectives
• To understand the pharmacology of the biochemical mechanisms of neurotransmission
• To cover the general classes of neurotransmitters and neuromodulators
• To gain experience with formal oral presentations.

• Format
• Didactic presentations by instructors and formal paper presentations/critques by students on selected journal articles.

• Grading
• Class participation in discussion of paper
• Oral presentation
• Comprehensive Final examination

  Suggested Reading: The Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology, JR Cooper, FE Bloom, RH Roth, 8th edition, Oxford Press.

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  CLASS SCHEDULE
  GMS PM 850
  SPRING 2008

  DATE — TOPIC — STUDENT PRESENTERS

  Feb. 4 — Organization/Introduction

  Feb. 11 — Grant Writing

  Feb. 18 — No Class – Holiday

  Feb. 25 — Dopamine — Vassoler, Chan

  Mar. 3 — Serotonin — Smith, Capaccioli

  Mar. 10 — Acetylcholine — Benham, Guillily

  Mar. 17 — Glutamate — Ferree, Bedard

  Mar. 24 — Norepinephrine — Stewart, Liu-Yesucevitz

  Mar. 31 — Cytokines — Fazo, Vassoler, Chan

  April 7 — Opiates — Smith, Capaccioli, Benham

  April 14 — GABA — Guillily, Ferree, Bedard

  April 21 — No Class – Holiday

  April 28 — Peptides: CCK, Sub.P — Stewart, Liu-Yesucevitz, Fazo

  May 5 — Grant Proposals Due