Book contents
- Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology
- Additional material
- Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface to the Fifth Edition
- CME Information
- 1 Chemical Neurotransmission
- 2 Transporters, Receptors, and Enzymes as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action
- 3 Ion Channels as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action
- 4 Psychosis, Schizophrenia, and the Neurotransmitter Networks Dopamine, Serotonin, and Glutamate
- 5 Targeting Dopamine and Serotonin Receptors for Psychosis, Mood, and Beyond: So-Called “Antipsychotics”
- 6 Mood Disorders and the Neurotransmitter Networks Norepinephrine and γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA)
- 7 Treatments for Mood Disorders: So-Called “Antidepressants” and “Mood Stabilizers”
- 8 Anxiety, Trauma, and Treatment
- 9 Chronic Pain and Its Treatment
- 10 Disorders of Sleep and Wakefulness and Their Treatment: Neurotransmitter Networks for Histamine and Orexin
- 11 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Its Treatment
- 12 Dementia: Causes, Symptomatic Treatments, and the Neurotransmitter Network Acetylcholine
- 13 Impulsivity, Compulsivity, and Addiction
- Suggested Reading and Selected References
- Index
1 - Chemical Neurotransmission
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2021
Book contents
- Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology
- Additional material
- Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface to the Fifth Edition
- CME Information
- 1 Chemical Neurotransmission
- 2 Transporters, Receptors, and Enzymes as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action
- 3 Ion Channels as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action
- 4 Psychosis, Schizophrenia, and the Neurotransmitter Networks Dopamine, Serotonin, and Glutamate
- 5 Targeting Dopamine and Serotonin Receptors for Psychosis, Mood, and Beyond: So-Called “Antipsychotics”
- 6 Mood Disorders and the Neurotransmitter Networks Norepinephrine and γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA)
- 7 Treatments for Mood Disorders: So-Called “Antidepressants” and “Mood Stabilizers”
- 8 Anxiety, Trauma, and Treatment
- 9 Chronic Pain and Its Treatment
- 10 Disorders of Sleep and Wakefulness and Their Treatment: Neurotransmitter Networks for Histamine and Orexin
- 11 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Its Treatment
- 12 Dementia: Causes, Symptomatic Treatments, and the Neurotransmitter Network Acetylcholine
- 13 Impulsivity, Compulsivity, and Addiction
- Suggested Reading and Selected References
- Index
Summary
Modern psychopharmacology is largely the story of chemical neurotransmission. To understand the actions of drugs on the brain, to grasp the impact of diseases upon the central nervous system, and to interpret the behavioral consequences of psychiatric medicines, one must be fluent in the language and principles of chemical neurotransmission. The importance of this fact cannot be overstated for the student of psychopharmacology. This chapter forms the foundation for the entire book, and the roadmap for one’s journey through one of the most exciting topics in science today, namely the neuroscience of how disorders and drugs act upon the central nervous system.
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- Stahl's Essential PsychopharmacologyNeuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications, pp. 1 - 28Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021