Legacy Course Catalog
PSY 419 - Psychopharmacology
Effectivity: | 08/20/2001 - Fall 2007 *** @ Purdue Fort Wayne Traditional |
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Credits: | 3 |
Instructional Types: | Lec |
Usually Offered: | fal spr |
Short Title: | Psychopharmacology |
Description: | Examines the chemical substrates of behavior and the influences of various drugs (experimental, clinical, and recreational) on the nervous system and on behavior. Pharmacological principles, behavioral procedures, neurophysiology, and synaptic transmission are reviewed. Major neurotransmitter systems in the brain are discussed in terms of the behaviors in which they are involved and the drugs that affect them. Emphasis is placed on using drug effects to understand the brain's control of behavior. |
Department: | Psychology |
Credit By Exam: | NO |
Repeatable Flag: | NO |
Temporary Flag: | NO |
Full Time Privilege Flag: | NO |
Honors Flag: | NO |
Variable Title Flag: | NO |
Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.