? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : BMS-4-PHnm2

The course will be organised and examined as a pair with Pharmacology of New Mediators A. This course deals with drug abuse and new approaches to therapy and follows on naturally from the debate about cannabinoids in ethical drug therapy.
The final topic of the course is relatively chemical in its approach and discusses recent methods of research in discovery of new drugs. This includes Combinatorial Library Chemistry (CLC) and High Throughput Screening which are areas of endeavour of interest to pharmacologists and biochemists:

i. Mechanisms of drug dependence.
ii. Pharmacological approaches to drug addiction therapy..
iii. Combinatorial library chemistry
iv. High throughput screening

The course will consist of an introductory lecture and four discussion groups.

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Permission of the Curriculum Approval Officer. Pharmacology 3.

? Co-requisites : Pharmacology of New Mediators A.

? Prohibited combinations : Pharmacology of New Mediators U02582

Home subject area

Pharmacology (Biomedical Sciences), (School of Biomedical Sciences, Schedule T)

Other subject areas

Pharmacology (Biological Sciences), (School of Biological Sciences, Schedule K)

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 45 minutes per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Tuesday 09:00 12:00 Med+Vet

Increased understanding of biological processes.
Detailed learning outcomes will be provided later.

100% Written Examination.

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST December 1 Courses A and B 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Ms Caroline Morris
Tel : (0131 6)51 3255
Email : c.d.morris@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr HJ Olverman
Tel : (0131 6)50 3523
Email : H.Olverman@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.dbcls.med.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.mvm.ed.ac.uk/