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Neuropharmacology (Arip Nurahman)

Neuropharmacology:

The study of drugs specifically employed to affect the nervous system Several drugs used for the treatment of extra-neural pathology may have an effect on the Nervous system

The effects of a drug can be considered at different levels:
•Molecular
•Cellular
•Behavioral

As the complexity of the system increases it becomes more difficult to predict the effects of a drug


Neuropharmacology is concerned with drug-induced changes in the functioning of cells in the nervous system.[1]. Within the discipline of neuropharmacology there are two branches, behavioral and molecular.

Neuropharmacology is that branch of neuroscience,which deals with the study of drug-induced changes in the functioning of cells in the nervous system.

Neuropharmacology is concerned with the study of the neurochemical interactions of neuropeptides, neurohormones, neuromodulators, enzymes, secondary messenger systems of the central nervous system, co-transporters, ion channels, receptor proteins, and more.

Neuropsychopharmacology, the branch of neuropharmacology interested in the biological basis of mind, is an especially active area of neuropharmacology research.

References

  1. ^ Meyer, J. S. and Quenzer, L. S. (2004). Psychopharmacology: Drugs, the Brain and Behavior. Sinauer Associates. ISBN 0-87-893534-7

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