Pratt Pharmaceuticals Division

Authors: Jerrold S. Meyer, Linda F. Quenzer

Manufacturer: Sinauer Associates

Keywords: Nursing

Rubric: Emergency medical books

ISBN: 0878935347

Recent advances in molecular pharmacology and brain imaging have revolutionized our understanding of how psychoactive drugs work. Now, from the authors of Principles of Neuropsychopharmacology, comes a new undergraduate textbook integrating these developments. The first section of the book provides extensive foundation materials, including the basic principles of pharmacology, neurophysiology and neuroanatomy, synaptic transmission, and methods in psychopharmacology. The second section describes key features of major neurotransmitter systems, including the catecholamines, serotonin, acetylcholine, glutamate and GABA. The third and fourth sections discuss theories and mechanisms of drug…

I am very pleased with the basic explanation presented by the authors of this textbook. It is broken down that it is so simple, yet builds it up so you are able to understand, or reference back to… Fantastic; Clear and precise with plenty of diagrams. The best introduction to psychopharmacology I could have received.

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