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LeC # Topics KEY DATES
1 Introduction

Neurotransmitters
2 Membranes, Brain Lipids, and Proteins

Blood Brain Barrier
3 Acetylcholine

Alzheimer's Disease and Stroke
4 Dopamine
5 Dopamine: Parkinson's Disease and Psychosis
6 Norepinephrine

Epinephrine
Paper topic due
7 Neurotransmitter Release: Amy Pooler
8 5HT (Serotonin)
9 5HT (Serotonin: Depression and Obesity)
10 Melatonin: Sleep
11 Examination
12 Glutamate, Aspartate
13 Dynamics of Glutamate Release and Receptor Effects

Schizophrenia
14 GABA and Glycine: Anxiety and Seizures
15 Adenosine and Coffee

Histamine and Itch

Cannabinoids and Marijuana
16 Receptors and Second Messengers Paper due
17 Peptides
18 Drug Discovery

Categories of Psychiatric Disease
19 Examination