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Chapter 12 Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology
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- 1NeuropharmacologyThe study of drugs that alter processes controlled by the nervous system
- 2Two categories of neuropharmacologic agentsPeripheral nervous system (PNS) drugs & Central nervous system (CNS) drugs
- 3What are the two basic steps in the process by which the neuron influences the behavior of the postsynaptic cell?Step 1) Axonal conduction
Step 2) Synaptic transmission - 4Axonal conduction isThe process of conducting an action potential down the axon of the neuron
- 5Synaptic transmission isThe process by which information is carried across the gap between the neuron and the postsynaptic cell
- 6Which 2 neuronal activities can a drug alter in order to influence a process under neuronal control?The axonal conduction or synaptic transmission
- 7Most neuropharmacologic agents act by altering ___________; Explain whySynaptic transmission;
Because drugs that alter synaptic transmission can produce more selective effects than those drugs produced by axonal conduction
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