Advances in science continue to facilitate new and deeper understandings of the roles of various neurotransmitters in healthy and disease states. Numerous drugs act by enabling or blocking neurotransmitters. The speakers will review multiple neurotransmitter systems and will give examples of drugs that impact those systems, both positively and negatively.

Supported by an educational grant from Forest Laboratories, Inc.

Learning Objectives:

1. Explain the roles of the following neurotransmitters: norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine, glutamate, GABA, and substance

2. Give an example of how each neurotransmitter discussed impacts a disease state such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Depression

3. Explain the role of the glutamatergic system and its relationship to learning and memory

4. For each of the neurotransmitter systems discussed, give an example of a drug or drug class that enhances the action of that system

Instructors & Credentials:

Manju T. Beier, PharmD, FASCP
Senior Partner
Geriatric Consultant Resources, LLC
Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

J. Craig Nelson, MD
Leon J. Epstein Professor of Psychiatry
Director of Geriatric Psychiatry
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California