Introduction to Neuropsychopharmacology

by Leslie L. Iversen, Floyd E. Bloom, Susan D. Iversen

Introduction to Neuropsychopharmacology expands on the molecular and cellular foundations of the classic Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology, Eighth Edition (Cooper, Bloom, and Roth) by now including the behavioral methods used to study psychoactive drugs in experimental animals and in humans. Authored by four founders of modern neuroscience, this concise and comprehensive text covers the current series of medications used to treat diseases of the brain and nervous system--both psychiatric and neurologic--as well as legal and illegal recreational drugs and the neuroscientific information that explains how these medications act on the brain from the molecular to the clinical level. The text ranges from drugs that affect the mood and behavior to hypnotics, narcotics, anticonvulsants, and analgesics.

Genres: Neuroscience, Medicine, Science, Textbooks, Medical

576 pages, Paperback

First published November 10, 2008

About the author

Leslie Lars Iversen FRS is a British pharmacologist, known for his work on the neurochemistry of synaptic transmitters

Iversen was Director of the MRC Neurochemical Pharmacology Unit, in Cambridge from 1971 to 1982, then Director of the Merck, Sharp & Dohme Neuroscience Research Centre from 1982 to 1995. He became Visiting Professor of Pharmacology, at the University of Oxford in 1995.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1980, and gave the Society's Ferrier Lecture in 1988.

Reviews

[Brett Kistler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really glad I read this book. it's fascinating to see where we're at with understanding the mechanics of the chemical systems that give rise to consciousness, and the many low-hanging branches that have yet to be explored for further tweaking, repair and enhancement of our consciousness engines, which is both an exciting and risky prospect indeed.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a classic textbook for neuropsychopharmacology. Best for a graduate student in neuroscience. Not sure if this is the latest addition.