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PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY, ELECTIVE COURSE, SUMMER SEMESTER 2024/25

 

Molecular pharmacology of drugs affecting the nervous system

Course Director: Assoc. Prof. Janko Samardžić

In-person lectures and seminars are scheduled at the Institute of Pharmacology (large classroom), starting at 4 PM

 

Lecturers: Prof. Dragan Obradović, Prof. Zoran Todorović, Prof. Sonja Vučković, Prof. Nevena Divac, Asssoc. Prof. Janko Samardžić, Assoc. Prof. Katarina Savić Vujović, Assoc. Prof. Branislava Medić Brkić, Assist. Prof. Dragana Srebro, Assist. Miloš Basailović, Assist. Maja Stojković, Assist. Milica Branković

 

Course Structure: Lectures (L) and Seminars (S)

 

 

1.   01.09.2025. 4PM, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology 

• Neuroendocrine regulation and the effects of drugs
• Pharmacological modulation of the nitric oxide system in the central and peripheral nervous system

Prof. Zoran Todorović (lecture 2 hrs), Prof. Branislava Medić Brkić (lecture 1 hr, seminar 2 hrs), Asist. Maja Stojković (seminar 2 hrs)

 

2.  02.09.2025. 4PM, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology 

• Transmission and modulation of transmission in the nervous system 1 (drug effects on neurodegenerative disorders - Parkinson’s disease)

 

• Benzodiazepine and GABA receptors: anxiety and cognitive functions

Prof. Dragan Obradović (lecture 2 hrs), Prof. Nevena Divac (lecture 1 hr, seminar 2 hrs), Asist. Miloš Basailović (seminar 2 hrs)

 

3.   03.09.2025. 4PM, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology 

• Analgesia: receptors, transmitters, and drugs

Prof. Sonja Vučković (lecture 2 hrs), Prof. Katarina Savić Vujović (lecture 1 hr, seminar 2 hrs), Doc. Dragana Srebro (seminar 2 hrs)

 

4.   04.09.2025. 4PM, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology 

• Transmission and modulation of transmission in the nervous system 2 (drug effects on neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders  - Alzheimer’s disease)

 

• Molecular pharmacology: receptor and functional studies of drug actions in the nervous system

 

Prof. Janko Samardžić (lecture 1 hr, seminar 2 hrs), Asist. Milica Branković (seminar 2 hrs)

 

5.    05.09.2025. 4PM, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology 

• Literature analysis and preparation of a seminar paper

Doc. Dragana Srebro (seminar 1 hr), Asist. Maja Stojković (seminar 1 hr), Asist. Miloš Basailović (seminar 1 hr), Asist. Milica Branković (seminar 1 hr) 

 

 

Method of assessment: Seminar paper

 

 

Course Director

Assoc. Prof. Janko Samardžić