Toxicology I

Aim of the course is to provide the fundamental knowledge to understand the basic principles of toxicology through:
- the characterization of toxicity manifestations and molecular mechanisms
- the scientific basis of experimental toxicology
- the analysis of the adverse effects of xenobiotics and drugs on organ
- the analysis of the criteria for evaluating and extrapolating toxicity data to humans

Students will acquire the ability to critically analyze and discuss, with a coherent language, the general pathways triggered by xenobiotics and drugs to alter organ physiology, the mechanisms involved and the general rules that define their toxicity.