SL22050: Cardiovascular, Renal and PNS pharmacology for Bioscience students
[Page last updated: 03 June 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Life Sciences |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | EXCB 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Closed-book written examination (EXCB 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
Students taking this unit must be familiar with the concepts of Receptor Pharmacology (self-study material provided)
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| Learning Outcomes: |
Students successfully completing this unit will be able to:
�Demonstrate knowledge of the major pharmacological and physiological regulation of the autonomic, renal and cardiovascular systems;
�Demonstrate knowledge of the role these regulatory mechanisms play in the aetiology of major cardiovascular diseases;
�Explain and interpret the action of drugs currently used in treatment of major cardiovascular diseases;
�Demonstrate knowledge of the methods available to study drug effects on these systems.
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| Synopsis: | "Develop knowledge of the physiology, pathology and pharmacology of the autonomic, renal and cardiovascular systems and the underlying concepts of the action of drugs on these systems.
Demonstrate knowledge of the methods used to study drug effects."
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| Content: | The autonomic nervous system (ANS) and;
Pharmacology of parasympathetic and sympathetic branches of the ANS;
Pharmacology of the skeletal neuromuscular junction. Pharmacology of the kidney and mechanism of action of diuretic drugs;
Cardiovascular pharmacology and physiology (mechanisms of excitation, contraction and relaxation of the heart and blood vessels);
Mechanisms of action of drugs used in treatment of main groups of cardiovascular diseases (hypertension, cardiac arrhythmias, coronary heart disease and heart failure);
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| Course availability: |
SL22050 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Chemistry
- USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry and Chemistry) (Year 2)
- USSC-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry and Chemistry) with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- USSC-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry and Chemistry) with professional placement (Year 2)
- USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry and Pharmacology) (Year 2)
- USSC-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry and Pharmacology) with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- USSC-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry and Pharmacology) with professional placement (Year 2)
- USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology and Chemistry) (Year 2)
- USSC-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology and Chemistry) with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- USSC-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology and Chemistry) with professional placement (Year 2)
- USSC-AFM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry and Chemistry) (Year 2)
- USSC-AKM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry and Chemistry) with professional placement (Year 2)
- USSC-AFM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry and Pharmacology) (Year 2)
- USSC-AKM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry and Pharmacology) with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- USSC-AKM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry and Pharmacology) with professional placement (Year 2)
- USSC-AKM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry with Chemistry stream) with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- USSC-AFM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology and Chemistry) (Year 2)
- USSC-AKM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology and Chemistry) with Study year abroad (Year 2)
- USSC-AKM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology and Chemistry) with professional placement (Year 2)
Department of Life Sciences
- USSL-AFB12 : BSc(Hons) Biomedical Sciences (Year 2)
- USSL-AKB12 : BSc(Hons) Biomedical Sciences with professional placement (Year 2)
- USSL-AFM12 : MBiomed(Hons) Biomedical Sciences (Year 2)
- USSL-AKM12 : MBiomed(Hons) Biomedical Sciences with professional placement (Year 2)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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