USMLE-like questions on antihypertensives
These questions from the UMKC School of Medicine have a different degree of difficulty, but are useful to review pharmacology of hypertension. Antihypertensives Item Number: 11201 correct answer: 4...
View ArticlePharmacokinetics video and PowerPoint: volume of distribution and factors...
Here I share with you some media to begin to understand the concept of drug distribution. First, a video that analyzes the factors that affect drug distribution: protein binding, molecular weight and...
View ArticleDigoxin Mechanism of Action: Animated Tutorial
This animation explains the positive inotropic mechanism of digoxin (a cardiac glycoside extracted from the plant Digitalis Lanata) and its pharmacological effects at molecular, tissue and systemic...
View ArticleVideo: molecular mechanisms of nicotine addiction
This video explains the pathophysiologic changes behind nicotine addiction, it identifies nicotinic acetylcholine receptor as a key protein for the development of dependence. Transcript of the video...
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Vancomycin mechanism of action: an animation
Vancomycin is a tricyclic glycopeptide that has gained clinical importance thanks to its effectiveness against organisms such as MRSA and enterococci. It has activity against Gram-positive rods and...
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An excellent animation on the mechanisms of drug addiction
The Genetic Science Learning Center at University of Utah developed an excellent animation depicting the mechanisms of addiction of most drugs of abuse. They use a cartoon-like approach to show...
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Animation: NRTIs mechanism of action
NRTIs mechanism Nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) are nucleoside analogues that act as competitive inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. As shown in the animation, these...
View ArticleAnimation showing the Jak-Stat signalling pathway mechanism
The Jak-Stat pathway has recently attracted researchers’ attention. This has been motivated by the fact that this pathway is a potential target of future agents for the treatment of myeloproliferative...
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The coagulation cascade
This article is an approach to the physiology of coagulation. Several resources (videos, animations and tutorials) are presented to help the reader learn the key coagulation factors and pathways....
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Benzodiazepines mechanism of action
Benzodiazepines and GABA receptors: an animation on their mechanism of action Gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) is an inhibiting neurotransmitter that is present on human brains. As shown in the...
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