NEUR 3204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Addiction, Pharmaceutical Industry, Bioavailability

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Neuroscience
• Course: NEUR 3204
• Professor: Matthew Holahan

Document Summary

Principles of psychopharmacology pharmacology science of drugaddiction pharmacokinetics factors determiningdrug addictions pharmacodynamics drug receptor interaction science of drug addiction neuropsychopharmacology identifies chemical substances that act on nervous system to alter behaviour. Drugaddiction molecular changesproduced by a drug when it binds to a target site of a r molecularchanges alter physiological of psychological f1 calleddrugeffects. Site of drugaddiction may be different from site of drug effect therapeutic drug r interaction producesdesired physical or behaviouralchanges all other effects are side effects uses chemical agents as probesto gainunderstanding of theneurobiologyof behaviour. Nonspecificdrugeffects outcomes that are due to something that is not specific to the drug lex placed biochemical interaction of a drug w a. 2 absorption distribution how does it cross bbb. Routes of administration oral how the majorityof drugs are taken po drug must be resistant to destruction bystomach acid taken w food or on emptystomach enzyme as fed as empty.