Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology

Name: Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology
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ISBN: 9780195140088

ISBN-10: 0195140087

ISBN-13: 9780195140088

Edition: 8th 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Jack R. Cooper, Floyd E. Bloom, Robert H. Roth

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This classic text gives a uniquely lucid and lively view of neurotransmitters, their role in nervous system function, and their involvement in the mechanisms of psychiatric drug action. For three decades it has served as an essential guide for students of neuroscience and psychopharmacology, psychiatrists, and neurologists. Both authoritative and very readable, it has been thoroughly updated for each edition. In the eigth edition more space is devoted to clinical examples,subclasses of receptors that provide targets for new drugs, molecular genetics, the major problem of drug delivery to the brain and the growing recognition of nicotinic receptors in the brain and their possible involvement…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/17/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 9.09" wide x 5.98" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Floyd C. Bloom is Director of the Division of Preclinical Neuroscience at Scripps Clinical Research Institute. Robert H. Roth is Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, School of Medicine at Yale University.




Introduction



Cellular Foundations of Neuropharmacology



Molecular Foundations of Neuropharmacology



Receptors



Modulation of Synaptic Transmission



Amino Acid Transmitters



Acetylcholine



Norepinephrine and Epinephrine



Dopamine



Serotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine), Histamine, and Adenosine



Neuroactive Peptides



Cellular Mechanisms in Learning and Memory



Treating Neurological and Psychiatric Diseases


Index