Brain Function and Psychotropic Drugs

ISBN-13: 9780192622426 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 440 str.

Heather Ashton

Recenzje

This book remains brave in trying to assess the actions of drugs on identified brain systems ... Ashton writes well and undergraduates may benefit from reading this book.

Spis treści

Part I: Arousal and sleep: Arousal and sleep systems; Disorders of arousal and sleep systems; Drugs acting on arousal and sleep systems; Part II: Reward and punishment: Reward and punishment systems; Disorders of reward and punishment systems; Drugs acting on reward and punishment systems; Part III: Learning and memory: Learning and memory systems; Disorders of memory; Drugs and memory; Part IV: Depression and mania: Depression and manai: clinical features and brain mechanisms; Drugs used in depression and mania; Depression and mania: clinical features and brain mechanisms; Drugs used in depression and mania; Part V: Schizophrenia: Schizophrenia: clinical features and brain mechanism; Antipsychotic and psychotomimetic drugs.