Description

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. Both authoritative and very readable, it has been thoroughly updated for each edition. In the Eighth 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 in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.


Readership: Neuroscientists, pharmacologists, psychopharmacologists, psychiatrists, neurologists

Contents/contributors
1 Introduction
2 Cellular Foundations of Neuropharmacology
3 Molecular Foundations of Neuropharmacology
4 Receptors
5 Modulation of Synaptic Transmission
6 Amino Acid Transmitters
7 Acetylcholine
8 Norepinephrine and Epinephrine
9 Dopamine
10 Serotonin (5-Hydroxtryptamine), Histamine, and Adenosine
11 Neuroactive Peptides
12 Cellular Mechanisms in Learning and Memory
13 Treating Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders