📘Step 1. Curriculum Coverage
💊 Pharmacology
Autonomic Nervous System Foundations
- Enlist major autonomic neurotransmitters.
- Enlist various types of cholinergic, adrenergic and dopaminergic receptors discovered so far.
- Describe the organ system distribution of autonomic receptors.
- Describe presynaptic receptors (autoreceptors and heteroreceptors).
- Describe inotropy, chronotropy and dromotropy.
Cholinomimetic Drugs
- Classify cholinomimetic drugs.
- Enlist the naturally-occurring cholinomimetic alkaloids.
- Describe the pharmacokinetics of cholinomimetics with emphasis on metabolism and duration of action.
- Describe the mechanism of action of directly-acting and indirectly-acting cholinomimetics.
- Describe the organ system effects of directly-acting and indirectly-acting cholinomimetics with special reference to their effects on receptors.
- Describe the clinical uses of cholinomimetics.
- Describe the cholinomimetics used in glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease.
- Describe the use of Edrophonium to differentiate between cholinergic crisis and Myasthenic crises.
- Describe the adverse effects of cholinomimetics.
- Enlist the contraindications of cholinomimetics.
🔁 Basic Science Spiral Link
🧠 Physiology
- Describe the functional organization of ANS and its related neurotransmitters and receptors.
