NEUR 2200 Study Guide - Reuptake, Alcohol By Volume, Multiple Sclerosis
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Psychopharmacology: study of how drugs affect the nervous system. Drugs are grouped by there behavioural effects: principles of psychopharmacology: drugs are chemicals used to bring about a change in the body. They are used to diagnose, treat, and prevent illnesses. Psychoactive drugs: substance that alter mood, thought, and behaviour and are used to manage neuropsychological disorders. Many of these drugs are taken for nonmedicinal purpose and are abused. These drugs impair user"s functioning, promotes craving, and may produce addiction: drug routes: the way which a drug enters the body is called route of administration. These routes can be: orally: easy and convenient. Such drugs are nicotine, marijuana, cocaine: our skin, being the largest organ in the body, has 3 layers of cells to be a protective body coat. Drug must be hydrophilic to be carried in the bloodstream because blood has high concentration of water the drug is diluted by the bodies 6l of water!
