Overview
Main description
An accessible yet comprehensive handbook for students and professionals
Sporting a new, full-color look, Molecular Pharmacology is a highly readable primer on how brain chemistry relates to normal brain function. Inside, medical students will find key information about neurologic and psychiatric diseases and how to treat them, while novice neuroscientists will learn how the molecular mechanisms of proteins, messengers, and receptors affect the systems of an organism.
In order to provide the most accessible tutorial available, the authors have included a greater number of photos than ever, as well as more concisely written content. Plus, fact boxes can be found throughout to help reinforce learning of complex subject matter. Divided into three sections-Fundamentals of Neuropharmacology, Neural Substrates or Drug Action, and Neuropharmacology of Specific Functions and Disorders-Molecular Pharmacology is ideal for those who need a quick, efficient lesson about treating neurologic diseases and disorders.
Table of contents
Molecular Neuropharmacology: A Doundation for Clinical Neuroscience, 2/eFundamentals of Neuropharmacology1. Neurons and Glia
2. Synaptic Transmission
3. Signal Transduction Pathways
4. Signaling to the Nucleus
Neural Substrates of Drug Action5. Excitatory and Inhibitory Amino Acids6. Catecholamines
7. Serotonin, Acetylcholine, and Histamine
8. Neuropeptides and Purines
9. Neurotropic Factors
Neuropharmacology of Specific Functions and Disorders10. Autonomic Nervous System
11. The Neuroendocrine System
12. Control of Movement
13. Mood and Emotion
14. Reinforcement and Addiction
15. Higher Cognitive Function and Psychosis
16. Sleep, Arousal and Attention
17. Pain
18. Memory and Dementia
19. Seizures and Stroke
Author comments
Eric J. Nestler, MD, is professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and the Center for Basic Neuroscience at the Southwestern Medical School, Graduate School of Biomedical Science in Dallas, Texas.
Stephen E. Hyman, MD, is provost of Harvard University and professor of neurobiology at Harvard Medical School.
Robert C. Malenka, MD, Ph.D., is Pritzker Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.
