Veterinary Neuropharmacology

COURSE OVERVIEW

• The autonomic nervous system largely functions below the level of conciousness and controls visceral functions. By viewing this e-learning content  a student will get comprehensive idea about the nerve supply to various organs and its functions and the drugs acting on them specifically stimulating / modulating / blocking the effects.
• A knowledge about skeletal muscle relaxants that act peripherally at the neuromuscular junction or muscle fibre itself or centrally in the cerebrospinal axis to reduce the muscle tone and cause paralysis.
• An array of local anaesthetics which upon topical application or local injection cause reversible loss of sensory perception.
• A bird's eye view about general anesthetics which causes reversible loss of all sensations and loss of conciousness.
• The major involvement of various autacoids in the physiological and pathological role in inflammatory process.