Neuroscience 325 - Psychopharmacology

Fall
2020
01
4.00
Sarah Turgeon
MWF 11:20AM-12:10PM; F -
Amherst College
NEUR-325-01-2021F
SCCE D303; GRET 002
smturgeon@amherst.edu
PSYC-325-01,NEUR-325-01

(Offered as PSYC 325 and NEUR 325) In this course we will examine the ways in which drugs act on the brain to alter behavior. We will review basic principles of brain function and mechanisms of drug action in the brain. We will discuss a variety of legal and illegal recreational drugs as well as the use of psychotherapeutic drugs to treat mental illness. Examples from the primary scientific literature will demonstrate the various methods used to investigate mechanisms of drug action, the biological and behavioral consequences of drug use, and the nature of efforts to prevent or treat drug abuse.

Requisite: PSYC 212, PSYC/NEUR 226, or NEUR 213, or consent of the instructor. Limited to 25 students. Not open to five college students. Fall semester. Professor Turgeon.

Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods.
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