Graduate Course Descriptions

The following directory lists the graduate courses which the University expects to offer, although the University in no way guarantees that all such courses will be offered in any given academic year, and reserves the right to alter the list if conditions warrant. Click on the links below for a list of courses in that subject area. You may then click “View Classes” to see scheduled classes for individual courses.

6479. Chemistry and Biology of Drugs of Abuse

5.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

An in-depth interdisciplinary approach to the neurobiology of drug abuse, integrating basic and clinical sciences. Lectures, student presentations of original research reports, and laboratory exercises dealing with methods to measure neurotransmitter transport, ligand binding to receptors and transmitter action on ligand-activated channels.

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