Lecture 1

Question 1

Pharmacology

Answer 1

The scientific study of the actions of drugs and their effects on a living organism.

Question 2

Neuropharmacology

Answer 2

Concerned with drug-induced changes in the functioning of cells in the nervous system.

Question 3

Psychopharmacology

Answer 3

Emphasizes drug-induced changes in mood, thinking, and behaviour.

Question 4

Neuropsychopharmacology

Answer 4

To identify chemical substances that act on the nervous system to alter behaviour thats is disturbed because of injury, disease, or environmental factors.

Question 5

Drug action

Answer 5

The specific molecular changes produced by a drug when it binds to a particular target site or receptor.

Question 6

Drug effects

Answer 6

Alterations in physiological functions.

Question 7

Therapeutic effects

Answer 7

The desired physical or behavioral changes resulting from drug-receptor interactions .

Question 8

Side effects

Answer 8

All other effects besides therapeutic effects.

Question 9

Placebo

Answer 9

• an example of a nonspecific effect.

- it is a pharmacologically inert compound.

Question 10

Why do we use placebo?

Answer 10

Used to evaluate the effectiveness of new medications because they eliminate the influence of expectation.

Question 11

Double-Blind Experiment

Answer 11

neither patient nor observer knows which treatment the patient has received.

Question 12

Plant-Based Substances

Answer 12

Before the twentieth century, drugs were naturally occurring substances.

Question 13

Synthetic Drugs

Answer 13

• Most drugs are synthetic, because it can be dangerous to use natural substances.
• Herbal medicines are still being used primarily in some cultures