Drugs, the brain and behavior
About this book
In Drugs, the Brain, and Behavior: The Pharmacology of Abuse and Dependence, you will venture through the miracle of the brain and see what happens when drugs affect its functions. Filled with an array of useful definitions and amazing historic discoveries about the nervous system.
It will bring you up to speed on the brain/behavior relationship, basic neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and the mechanistic actions of mood-altering drugs, including alcohol, marijuana, anxiolytics, antidepressants, antipsychotics, cocaine, and opiates.
Subjects
- addiction
- adverse effects
- behavior
- brain
- complications
- drug effects
- drugs of abuse
- drugs, physiological effect
- etiology
- general
- illicit drugs
- mental disorders
- mental health
- neuropharmacologie
- neuropharmacology
- neurophysiologie
- neurophysiology
- neuropsychology
- pharmacology
- physiological effect
- physiological effects of drugs
- psychology
- psychology / mental health
- psychology / neuropsychology
- psychology / psychopathology / addiction
- psychopathology
- psychopharmacology
- psychotropic drugs
- self-help
- street drugs
- substance abuse & addictions
- substance-related disorders