ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Undergraduate

This is an advanced course in drugs and behaviour focusing primarily on issues of developmental differences in drug action and drug effects. Because many drug effects are determined by the maturity of the brain, some time is spent on developmental aspects of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology. A large part of the course focuses on factors which determine, or contribute to, developmental deficits/effects consequent to early (pre-and perinatal) drug exposure. Within this developmental framework, current pharmacological models, and debates surrounding pharmacological-based causes and treatments of disorders, such as hyperactivity and Alzheimer’s disease, are discussed. PREREQUISITES: PSY 1010, 1020, 2120; AND EITHER all three of PSY 2700, 2730, 2750 OR PSY 2780 and 2790 and one of the following: PSY 3210, 3110, 3120, or 3810; or permission of instructor. Students who do not have PSY 2700, 2730, and 2750 or 2780- and 2790 but do have equivalent statistics research methods courses may enrol with permission of the instructor. Three hours a week