A textbook of neuropsychopharmacology focused on the mechanisms of drug action in the central nervous system, this volume covers drugs used in both psychiatry and neurology and gives a clear picture of their behavioral, therapeutic, and toxic effects.
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In Drug Action in the Central Nervous System, Carvey dispenses with the neurology/psychiatry dichotomy and provides the framework for a valuable learning tool that synthesizes the two disciplines....Compared with similar textbooks, it is reasonably priced.Anyone who teaches pharmacology to students or other healthcare practitioners will want to take note of carvey's unique ability to communicate pharmacodynamic principles in a way that is easy to understand and enjoyable to read.Ihe Annals of Pharmacotherapy
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Paul M. Carvey is at Rush Medical College.
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The fundamental unit of the central nervous system (CNS) is the neuron (Fig. 1-1), which conducts an electrical signal from its dendritic field to its terminal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
biobehavioral hypothesis, euphorogenic actions, disinhibition release, high blood solubility, prototypic agent, depolarization blockade, tyramine effect, physiologic tolerance, efficacy delay, antimuscarinic potency, acute extrapyramidal side effects, antimuscarinic actions, biotransforming enzymes, inflammatory hypothesis, fatal respiratory depression, biogenic amine hypothesis, neospinothalamic tract, shuttle protein, pain phase, volatile inhalants, biotransformation rate, phosphoinositide cascade, diffusible form, pharmacodynamic tolerance, pharmacokinetic tolerance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The fundamental unit of the central nervous system (CNS) is the neuron (Fig. 1-1), which conducts an electrical signal from its dendritic field to its terminal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
biobehavioral hypothesis, euphorogenic actions, disinhibition release, high blood solubility, prototypic agent, depolarization blockade, tyramine effect, physiologic tolerance, efficacy delay, antimuscarinic potency, acute extrapyramidal side effects, antimuscarinic actions, biotransforming enzymes, inflammatory hypothesis, fatal respiratory depression, biogenic amine hypothesis, neospinothalamic tract, shuttle protein, pain phase, volatile inhalants, biotransformation rate, phosphoinositide cascade, diffusible form, pharmacodynamic tolerance, pharmacokinetic tolerance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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