PSYC314 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Fetus, Herpes Simplex Virus, Pseudorabies

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC314
• Professor: Roth Eric

Document Summary

Psychopharmacology is the study of the effects of drugs on the nervous system and behavior. Drug: exogenous (outside the body) chemical; alters the function of certain cells. Drug effect: changes that drugs produce in an animal"s physiological processes and behaviors. Site of action: locations at which molecules of drugs interact with molecules located within or on cells of the body, thus affecting some biochemical processes of these cells. Pharmokinetics: the movement of drugs, including the process by which they are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted. Changed into inactive form (usually by liver enzymes) Oral * (most common route of administration in humans) Lipid solubility: ease at which drug molecules are fat soluble. Dose response curve: graph of magnitude of effect of drugs as a function of the amount of drug administered. Therapeutic index: ratio between dose that produces the desired effect in 50% of animals and a dose that produces toxic effects 50% of the time.