Cardiovascular System/Autonomic Nervous System Tutor

Synopsis: A teaching package in four parts, suitable for self-paced open learning or part of a lecture course. Approximate 5 hours teaching material.
Series: Pccal: Pharmacy Consortium for Computer Aided Learning, Tltp Project
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia; Computer program. Floppy disk. PC version only.
Year of production: 1995
Availability: Out of Distribution
Notes: Available to UK higher education institutions.
Uses: Undergraduate pharmacy.
Subjects: Medical sciences
Keywords: autonomic nervous system; cardiovascular system; computer-assisted learning; medical education; pharmacy studies; Teaching & Learning Technology Programme

Title: Introduction, An
Synopsis: Part 1: An introduction to the concepts covered.
Title: Experimental set-up
Synopsis: Part 2: Outlines the methods used to anaesthetise and prepare a rat for injecting drugs, to record blood pressure and heart rate, and to stimulate autonomic nerves in the lab.
Title: Parasympathetic autonomic nervous system, The
Synopsis: Part 3: A guided experiment through vagus nerve stimulation and injection of acetylcholine. also covers the use of antagonists to distinguish receptor types.
Title: Sympathetic autonomic nervous system, The
Synopsis: Part 4: A guided experiment covering injection of adrenaline and noradrenaline compared to stimulation of the cardiac nerve; also covers the difference between adrenoceptor types by using of receptor blocking drugs.

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