The following set of lectures has been created by Dr. Edwin Jackson and were published in the Division for Cardiovascular Pharmacology, a branch of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET).
Why study autonomic pharmacology?
Outline of slides:
Parasympathetic Ganglionic Synapse, Parasympathetic Organ Synapse, Sympathetic Ganglionic Synapse, Sympathetic Ganglionic Synapse, How do drugs influence the ANS?, Classification of drugs affecting the ANS, Parasympathetic nervous system.
Anatomy of peripheral nervous system
Mechanism of neurotransmission in the autonomic nervous system
Outline of slides:
General Features of Peripheral Autonomic Neurotransmission, summary of adrenergic neurotransmission,Summary of Catecholamine Biosynthesis, summary of cholinergic neutotransmission, Types of Postsynaptic Synergism, Mechanisms of Neuromodulation
Actions of autonomic nerves: Adrenergic and cholinergic receptors
Outline
Adrenergic Receptors: Receptors Activated by EPI/NE, Adrenergic Receptors: Signal Transduction, Signal Transduction by α 1, Signal Transduction by α 2, Receptors Activated by Ach Muscarinic Receptors
