Psychopharmacology
Drugs, The Brain, and Behavior
(Sprache: Englisch)
Featuring extensive updates to all chapters, this 2nd edition includes a new and timely discussion of emerging substances of abuse and presentation of key biological concepts to help students understand current ideas about how mental illnesses arise and how...
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Featuring extensive updates to all chapters, this 2nd edition includes a new and timely discussion of emerging substances of abuse and presentation of key biological concepts to help students understand current ideas about how mental illnesses arise and how drugs act on the brain to treat these illnesses. Also includes two new chapters.
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The new Second Edition of Psychopharmacology features extensive updating of all chapters, a new and timely discussion of emerging substances of abuse such as Salvia divinorum, 'spice' or 'K2,' and 'bath salts,' and presentation of key biological concepts such as epigenetics to help students understand current ideas about how mental illnesses arise and how drugs act on the brain to treat these illnesses. Two new chapters provide detailed information on various neurodegenerative disorders and the effects of neurotoxicants and endocrine disruptors on brain function and behaviour.In addition, it contains excellent pedagogical features, including chapter-opening articles and breakout boxes presenting novel and, in some cases, controversial topics for special discussion. Box themes include History of Pharmacology, Pharmacology in Action, Clinical Applications, and The Cutting Edge. The book is lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs and line art depicting important conceptsand experimental data.
New to the Second Edition is a student Companion Website that contains outlines, flashcards and key terms, select animations, and Web essays for further exploration. For lecturers, an online Instructor's Resource Library contains all textbook figures and tables, lecture PowerPoints, and a test bank, please contact lecturerservices@palgrave.com
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Psychopharmacology “
1. Principles of Pharmacology.- 2. Structure and Function of the Nervous System.- 3. Chemical Signaling by Neurotransmitters and Hormones.- 4. Methods of Research in Psychopharmacology.- 5. Catecholamines.- 6. Serotonin.- 7. Acetylcholine.- 8. Glutamate and GABA.- 9. Drug Abuse and Addiction.- 10. Alcohol.- 11. The Opioids.- 12. Psychomotor Stimulants: Cocaine and the Amphetamines.- 13. Nicotine and Caffeine.- 14. Marijuana and the Cannabinoids.- 15. Hallucinogens, PCP, and Ketamine.- 16. Inhalants, GHB, and Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids.- 17. Environmental Neurotoxicants and Endocrine Disruptors.- 18. Anxiety Disorders: Sedative-Hypnotic and Anxiolytic Drugs.- 19. Affective Disorders: Antidepressants and Mood Stabilizers.- 20. Schizophrenia: Antipsychotic Drugs.- 21. Neurodegenerative Diseases.Autoren-Porträt von Jerrold S. Meyer, Linda F. Quenzer
Jerrold S. Meyer and Linda F. Quenzer
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Jerrold S. Meyer , Linda F. Quenzer
- 2 Rev ed, 722 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 28,5 x 21,9 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 087893510X
- ISBN-13: 9780878935109
- Erscheinungsdatum: 06.05.2013
Sprache:
Englisch
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