Introduction to Neuropsychopharmacology

by Iversen, Leslie; Iversen, Susan; Bloom, Floyd E.; Roth, Robert H.

• ISBN13: 9780195380538
• ISBN10: 0195380533
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-12
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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--and the neuroscientific information that explains how these medications act on the brain from the molecular to the clinical level. The text ranges from psychotropic drugs that affect mood and behavior to anesthetics, sedatives, hypnotics, narcotics, anticonvulsants, and analgesics, as well as a variety of drugs that affect the autonomic nervous system.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Neuropsychopharmacology	p. 3
Cellular and Molecular Foundations of Neuropsychopharmacology	p. 6
Principles and Methods of Behavioral Pharmacology	p. 29
Receptors	p. 58
Amino Acid Neurotransmitters	p. 85
Acetylcholine	p. 128
Catecholamines	p. 150
Serotonin	p. 214
Histamine	p. 238
Neuropeptides	p. 254
Purinergic Pharmacology	p. 269
Other Interneruronal Signals	p. 277
Treatments for Neurological or Psychiatric Disorders: Principles of Central Nervous System Drug Development	p. 293
Antidepressants and Anxiolytics	p. 306
Antipsychotics	p. 336
Cognitive Disorders	p. 355
Movement Disorders	p. 389
Pain	p. 405
Epilepsy	p. 416
Recreational Psychoactive Drugs	p. 424
Psychostimulants	p. 447
Heroin and Other Opiates	p. 473
Psychedelics	p. 482
Cannabis	p. 490
Alcohol	p. 503
Nicotine	p. 519
Index	p. 533
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