Neuro and endocrine pharmacology

This unit provides you with an integrated understanding of how drugs affect neuronal and endocrine function. Four major areas are covered: major neurotransmitters within the brain; reproductive endocrinology, metabolism and disorders of pancreatic and thyroid function; mood and pain; and, neurodegenerative disorders. The unit will focus upon mechanisms of action, use and side effects of drugs affecting a range of neuronal and endocrine functions and includes topics such as drugs used in anaesthesia and sedation, anxiety, depression, epilepsy, schizophrenia and psychoses, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, reproduction and contraception, diabetes, thyroid function and metabolism and calcium homeostasis.