You should be able to:

  • Describe the mathematical interactions between a drug and its receptor
  • Define occupancy, affinity, efficacy and potency
  • Draw and describe the relationship between dose and occupancy in a binding and log binding curve
  • Describe how a binding curve changes with drugs of differing affinities
  • Draw and describe the relationship between dose and occupancy in a binding and log binding curve
  • Describe how a binding curve changes with drugs of differing affinities
  • Explain what graded and quantal responses represent
  • Draw and describe the relationship between dose and occupancy in a dose-response and log dose-response curve
  • Describe how a dose-response curve changes with drugs of differing potencies
  • Define agonist, partial agonist, inverse agonist and antagonist and give examples
  • Draw and describe a log-dose response curve for different forms of agonist
  • Describe the different forms of antagonist
  • Draw and describe the effect on a log dose-response curve when different forms of antagonists are add