NPP

NeuroPsychoPharmacology (CMB 8208 | NSC 8208 | PHCL 8208 | PSY 8061)

offered in the even years (Fall 2020)

3 credits

Time and Location:

• Mondays, 2:30 - 5:00 pm

• 4-101 NHH (tentative)

Statement of Objectives

This course addresses the role of specific neurotransmitter systems in mental illness and drug addiction, an area of almost exponential growth in research over the past several decades.

The first part of the course provides an overview of the structure and function of the nervous system from a neuropharmacological perspective, and also covers methods typically employed in neurobehavioral pharmacology.

The second and most extensive portion of the course examines the neuropharmacological basis of several broad categories of mental illness including mood disorders with particular emphasis on drug addiction.