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Test Bank For Psychopharmacology Drugs, the Brain, and Behavior Third Edition Jerrold S. Meyer

Table of Contents

Preface

 

Chapter 1. Principles of Pharmacology

Pharmacology: The Science of Drug Action

Placebo effect

Box 1.1. Pharmacology in Action: Naming Drugs

Pharmacokinetic Factors Determining Drug Action

Methods of drug administration influence the onset of drug action

Multiple factors modify drug absorption

Drug distribution is limited by selective barriers

Depot binding alters the magnitude and duration of drug action

Biotransformation and elimination of drugs contribute to bioavailability

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Box 1.2. Pharmacology in Action: Interspecies Drug Dose Extrapolation

Pharmacodynamics: Drug-Receptor Interactions

Box 1.3. Pharmacology in Action: Drug Categories

Extracellular and intracellular receptors have several common features

Dose-response curves describe receptor activity

The therapeutic index calculates drug safety

Receptor antagonists compete with agonists for binding sites

Biobehavioral Effects of Chronic Drug Use

Repeated drug exposure can cause tolerance

Chronic drug use can cause sensitization

Pharmacogenetics and Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry

 

Chapter 2. Structure and Function of the Nervous System

Cells of the Nervous System

Neurons have three major external features

Box 2.1. The Cutting Edge: Embryonic Stem Cells

Characteristics of the cell membrane are critical for neuron function

Glial cells provide vital support for neurons

Box 2.2.

 

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