BIO SCI N153 Lecture 1: N153 - Lecture #1
16 Apr 2018
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2: focuses on identifying chemical substances that act on the nervous system to them affect or induce changes in thinking, mood, or behavior, pharmacogenetics, focuses on how depending on our genes, how will a drug react to us. 3 (2) an example of this is how atropine is a drug that is administered onto the eye to dilate the pupil before eye examination. 4: one thing to consider is that therapeutic effects and side effects may switch places as far as their role depending on how they are being used. Amphetamines can reduce anxiety as the therapeutic effect, but they can have loss of appetite as a side effect. In contrast people who are trying to lose weight can be given the same drug in order to have loss of appetite as the therapeutic effect, and the anxiety relief would be a side effect.
