Introduction to neuropsychopharmacology

• Main Authors: Iversen, Leslie L. (Author), Iversen, Susan D. (Author), Bloom, Floyd E. (Author), Roth, Robert H. (Author)
• Format: Manuscript Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Oxford University Press 2009
• Subjects: Central Nervous System Agents > therapeutic use; Mental Disorders > drug therapy; Nervous System Diseases > drug therapy; Psychopharmacology; Drug Design
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• Physical Description: x, 557 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780195380538; 0195380533

Introduction to Neuropsychopharmacology expands on the molecular and cellular foundations of the classic Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology, Eighth Edition (Cooper, Bloom, and Roth) by now including the behavioral methods used to study psychoactive drugs in experimental animals and in humans. Authored by four founders of modern neuroscience, this concise and comprehensive text covers the current series of medications used to treat diseases of the brain and nervous system--both psychiatric and neurologic--as well as legal and illegal recreational drugs and the neuroscientific information that explains how these medications act on the brain from the molecular to the clinical level. The text ranges from drugs that affect the mood and behavior to hypnotics, narcotics, anticonvulsants, and analgesics.