The molecular foundations of psychiatry
Choice Reviews OnlinePublished 1 March 1993
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This work states that drug-induced neural plasticity: how psychotropic drugs work is a "new psychiatric neuroscience" and the search is on towards a new psychiatric neuroscience.
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Introduction to molecular biology. Overview of synaptic neurotransmission. Overview of neuropsychopharmacology. Mechanisms of neural plasticity. Drug-induced neural plasticity: how psychotropic drugs work. Overview of psychiatric genetics. Toward a new psychiatric neuroscience.
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ChemistryPsychologyPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
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