PSYC 3030 Midterm: Neurochem - Exam #1
28 Sep 2016
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Psyc*3030 - neurochemical basis of behaviour - exam #1. Short answer (10) -> 1 is a bonus. Pharmacology: the scientific study of actions of drugs and their effects on a living organism. Neuropharmacology: study of drug-induced changes in the functioning of neurons and cns. Psychopharmacology: emphasizes drug-induced changes in mood, thinking, and behaviour, macroscopic level. Neuropsychopharmacology: identifies chemical substances that act upon the nervous system to alter behaviour, microscopic view. Uses chemical agents as probes to gain an understanding of the neurobiology of behaviour. Drug action: specific molecular changes produced by a drug when it binds to target site or re- ceptor (neuropharmacology, micro) Drug effect: widespread alterations in physiological and psychological functions (psychophar- macology, macro: endogenous substances produced in peripheral nervous system, exogenous substance from outside peripheral nervous system. 19. 5 million people (8. 3% of american population) admitting to using illicit drugs in. Legal drugs: tobacco (~70 million) & alcohol (~120million)
