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The study of the effects on the NS and behaviors
Psychopharmacology
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Observable changes to the physiological processes and behavior.
Drug effect
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Where drugs interact with cells and change their biochemical processes, usually acting on the walls of the CNS
sites of action
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How drugs are absorbed, distributed in the body, metabolized, and excreted.
Pharmacokinetic
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This type of injection is into the abdomen
IP injection
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Measure effectiveness of a drug compared to the dosage.
Dose response curve
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Effectiveness of a drug decreases after repeated administrations
Tolerance
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Effectiveness of a drug increases after repeated administrations
Sensitization
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Symptoms opposite of the normal effects of the drug after the drug is stopped.
Withdrawal
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inert substance that has no physiological effects
Placebo
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Most drugs affect...
Synaptic transmission
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Block or inhibit postsynaptic effects
Antagonists
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Facilitate postsynaptic effects
Agonists
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ACH receptor stimulated by nicotine and blocked by curare
Nicotonic receptors
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ACH receptor that is stimulated by muscarine and blocked by atropine
Muscarinic
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This catecholomine is implicated in Parkinson's disease. People are given L-DOPA for it
dopamine
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Alco called noradrenaline, the most important neurotransmitter
Norepinephrine
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Also called adrenaline, the major catecholamine that gets released in mass when you deem something dangerous
Epinephrine
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Regulated mood and pain. Made from the amino acid tryptophan and Prozac inhibits reuptake of it.
Seratonin
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What is an agonist of seratonin?
LSD
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