Membranes and Receptors

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Decks in this class (19)

Lecture 1.1: Overview of Biological Membranes
What are the functions of biologi...,
Composition of biological membran...,
What percentage of
63  cards
Lecture 1.2: Body Fluids
How much of the body is water,
How much of tbw is intracellular,
How much of tbw is extracellular
68  cards
Lecture 2.1: Structure & Classification of Receptors
Why is cell signalling important,
What are the steps in cell signal...,
Receptors are proteinaceous what ...
35  cards
Lecture 2.2: Receptor Mediated Endocytosis
What is endocytosis,
What are the 3 types of endocytosis,
Why is rme important
37  cards
Lecture 3.1: G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs)
What is cell signalling,
Principles of biological signalli...,
What are gpcrs
47  cards
Lecture 3.2: Cholinergic and Adrenergic Transmission
What are the 2 types of cholinerg...,
How many types of muscarinic rece...,
M1 receptors where are they found...
38  cards
Lecture 4.1: The action potential and its properties
Ways of investigating the mechani...,
What happens during the upstroke ...,
What happens during the downstrok...
5  cards
Lecture 4.2: Conduction of the nervous impulse
0  cards
Lecture 5.1: Cellular Mechanisms Involved in Regulation of the Intracellular Concentration, and Cardiac Muscle Contraction
What is calcium s role in the body,
What processes does calcium regulate,
The physiochemical forms of plasm...
17  cards
Lecture 6.1 & 6.2: Drugs and Receptors
How do drugs exert effects,
What is ec50,
Relevance of altered receptor number
17  cards
Lecture 7.1 & 7.2: Pharmacokinetics of Drug Administration
What is pharmacology,
What is pharmacokinetics,
What is pharmacodynamics
33  cards
Lecture 8.1: BNF and Medication Errors
What is the bnf,
Why use the bnf 5,
When should the bnf be used 4
15  cards
Lecture 8.2: Drug Administration
What is pharmacology,
What is pharmacodynamics,
What is pharmacokinetics
33  cards
Lecture 9.1: Pharmacology of the Autonomic Nervous System
Basics steps in neurotransmission 10,
Acetylcholine synthesis,
Acetylcholine degradation
25  cards
Lecture 9.2: The Clinical Significance of Receptor Regulation
What is a ligand,
What is the affinity of a drug bi...,
Efficacy
27  cards
Lecture 10.1: Adverse Drug Reactions and Pharmacovigilance
What is an adverse drug reaction,
How can adrs be catagorised,
What are the 2 classifications of...
50  cards
Lecture 10.2: Variation in Response to Drugs and Drug Interactions
What can cause interindividual va...,
What is pharmacogenomics pharmaco...,
What are epigenetic changes
45  cards
Lecture 11.1: Drug Discovery
What are new compounds,
Hoe can existing analogues give r...,
What is informed design of a new ...
15  cards
Lecture 11.2: Biopharmaceuticals
What is a biopharmaceutical bio p,
What biopharmaceuticals have been...,
What are 1st and 2nd generation b...
27  cards

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