New courses in Brain and Cognitive Scienceshttp://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/index.htm2009-07-02MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduen-USContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThe neuropharmacology course will discuss the drug-induced changes in functioning of the nervous system. The specific focus of this course will be to provide a description of the cellular and molecular actions of drugs on synaptic transmission. This course will also refer to specific diseases of the nervous system and their treatment in addition to giving an overview of the techniques used for the study of neuropharmacology. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/9-98January--IAP--2009/CourseHome/index.htmTropea, Daniela 2009-06-23T03:03:13-04:009.98en-USBrain and Cognitive SciencesNeurosciencesusceptibility modelschronic drug usebehavioral toleranceabstinent smokersnicotine tolerancepostsynaptic cellother psychostimulantsdrug reinforcementmotor side effectsabstinence signsterminal autoreceptorsmany psychoactive drugsselected brain areassomatodendritic autoreceptorsnicotine reinforcementdiscriminative stimulus effectsphenethylamine hallucinogenspositive reinforcement modelbiobehavioral effectsanabolic steroid dependenceexperimental substance useclassic antipsychotic drugsdepot bindingphysical dependence modeltolerancedispositiondrugseratoninsynapsepharmacologyneuroscienceneurologypsychopharmacologyantidepressantMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmSubject covers all major areas of cellular and molecular neurobiology including excitable cells and membranes, ion channels and receptors, synaptic transmission, cell type determination, axon guidance and targeting, neuronal cell biology, synapse formation and plasticity. Includes lectures and exams, and involves presentation and discussion of primary literature. Focus on major concepts and recent advances in experimental neuroscience.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/9-013JSpring-2008/CourseHome/index.htmConstantine-Paton, MarthaQuinn, WilliamSheng, Morgan2009-04-05T11:14:33-04:009.013J7.68Jen-USBiologyMolecular Biologyplasticitysynapse formationneuronal cell biologytargetingaxon guidancesynaptic transmissionreceptorsion channelsmembranescellsmolecular neurobiologycellularBrain and Cognitive SciencesMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm