tailieunhanh - Fundamentals of Clinical Psychopharmacology

This chapter will concentrate on the mechanisms by which drugs alter neurotransmission of relevance to the treatment of psychiatric disorders. ■ The major site of action for drugs used in psychiatry is the synapse and in particular those utilising amines or amino acids as neurotransmitters. ■ The majority of the drugs act either presynaptically to influence levels of the neurotransmitter in the synaptic cleft, or by altering the functional state of the postsynaptic receptors. | FUNDAMENTALS OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY Second Edition Edited by IAN M ANDERSON IAN c REID Published under the auspices of the British Association for Psychopharmacology Taylor . Francis Taylor St Francis Group Also available as a printed book see title verso for ISBN details Fundamentals of Clinical .