Drugs, brain, and behavior - Grilly, David M., 1944-; Salamone, J. D. (John D.); Grilly, David M., 1944- (Boston : Pearson, 2012)
Psychopharmacology in perspective -- Drug classification and behavioral assessment -- Basic principles of pharmacology -- Excitability and chemical signaling in nerve cells -- Synaptic transmission, drugs, and chemical neuroanatomy -- Tolerance, sensitization, dependence, and addiction -- Psychomotor stimulants and antiparkinsonian drugs -- Antipsychotic drugs and neurochemical hypotheses of schizophrenia -- Antidepressants and mood stabilizers -- Sedative-hypnotics, anxiolytics, and anticonvulsants -- Drug threatment of cognitive dysfunction -- Naturally occurring and synthetic opiates and their antagonists -- Dissociative anesthetics, psychedelics, and hallucinogens.
Previous editions published under title: Drugs and human behavior.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Psychopharmacology