Molecular neuropharmacology : a foundation for clinical neuroscience /

Nestler, Eric J. 1954-

Molecular neuropharmacology : a foundation for clinical neuroscience / Eric J. Nestler, nash family professor of neuroscience, director, Friedman Brain Institute, Dean for Academic and Scientific Affairs, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York [and three others] - Fourth edition. - xvii, 583 pages : photographs ; 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology -- Cellular Basis of Communication -- Synaptic Transmission -- Signal Transduction in the Brain -- Excitatory and Inhibitory Amino Acids -- Widely Projecting Systems : Monoamines, Acetylcholine, and Orexin -- Neuropeptides -- Atypical Neurotransmitters -- Autonomic Nervous System -- Neural and Neuroendocrine Control of the Internal Milieu -- Pain -- Neuroinflammation -- Sleep and Arousal -- Higher Cognitive Function and Behavioral Control -- Mood and Emotion -- Reinforcement and Addiction -- Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder -- Neurodegeneration -- Seizure Disorders -- Stroke and Migraine.

"The book's structure permits the incorporation of a great deal of clinical information, much of it representing the integration of modern molecular genetics and brain imaging with neuropharmacology"--

9781260469042


Central Nervous System Agents--pharmacology.
Central Nervous System--drug effects.
Central Nervous System--physiology.
Central Nervous System Diseases--drug therapy.



--Reading book

615.78 / NES