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  2. Department of Pharmacology
  3. Master of Science (MSc) in Pharmacology
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  5. Behavioral Pharmacology
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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
FKL520 - Behavioral Pharmacology I. SEMESTER 3 +0 6.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROF. DR. ÖZGÜR DEVRİM CAN
Mode of Delivery Face to face
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Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended Central nervous system pharmacology, Pharmacology III
Recommended Resources İ. Tayfun Uzbay: Psikofarmakolojinin Temelleri ve Deneysel Araştırma Teknikleri. Ankara: Çizgi Tıp Yayınevi, 2004McKim, William A., Drugs and behavior: an introduction to behavioral pharmacology. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 2003Meyer, Jerrold S., Psychopharmacology: drugs, the brain, and behavior. Sunderland, Mass.: Sinauer Associates, 2005J. A. den Boer, M. S. George, G. J. ter Horst: Current and future developments in psychopharmacology. Amsterdam : Benecke N. I., 2005.René Spiegel ; S. Hossein Fatemi et al.: Psychopharmacology : an introduction. Chichester : J. Wiley & Sons, 2003.Brain E. Leonard: çeviri editörü Işık Tuğlular ; çevirenler Erhan Bayraktar, Baybars Veznedaroğlu: Temel psikofarmakoloji. İzmir : Saray Tıp Kitapları, 1996.F. van Haaren , Methods in behavioral pharmacology. Gainsville, FL: Elsevier, 1993.
Work Placement There is no internship.
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Discussing the general concepts related to behavioral pharmacology.
Week - 2 Preparatory study for behavioral pharmacology. Questioning backround information.
Week - 3 Discussing the methods using in behavioral pharmacology
Week - 4 Discussing motion disorders. Analyzing motor activity and motor coordination tests.
Week - 5 Discussing anxiety disorders. Analyzing tests evaluating anxiolytic effect.
Week - 6 Discussing anxiety disorders. Analyzing tests evaluating anxiolytic effect.
Week - 7 Discussing depression. Analyzing tests evaluating antidepressant effect.
Week - 8 Discussing pain. Analyzing tests evaluating analgesic effect.
Week - 9 Discussing learning and memory mechanisms and learning and memory deficits. Analyzing tests evaluating nootropic effect.
Week - 10 Analyzing epilepsy and schizophrenia models.
Week - 11 Analyzing experimental models using in substance abuse.
Week - 12 Experimental study
Week - 13 Experimental study
Week - 14 Experimental study

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