Introduction to CNS Pharmacology
,Lecture topics
◼ Introduction
◼ Antidepressant and Mood Stabilizers
◼ Antipsychotics
◼ Anticonvulsants/Antiepileptics
, Psychotropic Drugs
◼ Cross the BBB into the CNS to affect brain
function
◼ Alters
◼ Mood
◼ Perception
◼ Consciousness
◼ Cognition
◼ Behaviour
, CNS Drugs
◼ non-medical use of CNS drugs
◼ coffee, alcohol, and drugs of abuse such as marijuana,
cocaine, and opiates
◼ medical uses
◼ relieve pain or fever,
◼ suppress disorders of movement or seizures,
◼ induce sleep or arousal,
◼ reduce the desire to eat,
◼ inhibit motion sickness,
◼ treat anxiety, mania, depression, or schizophrenia.
4 12/20/2024
,Lecture topics
◼ Introduction
◼ Antidepressant and Mood Stabilizers
◼ Antipsychotics
◼ Anticonvulsants/Antiepileptics
, Psychotropic Drugs
◼ Cross the BBB into the CNS to affect brain
function
◼ Alters
◼ Mood
◼ Perception
◼ Consciousness
◼ Cognition
◼ Behaviour
, CNS Drugs
◼ non-medical use of CNS drugs
◼ coffee, alcohol, and drugs of abuse such as marijuana,
cocaine, and opiates
◼ medical uses
◼ relieve pain or fever,
◼ suppress disorders of movement or seizures,
◼ induce sleep or arousal,
◼ reduce the desire to eat,
◼ inhibit motion sickness,
◼ treat anxiety, mania, depression, or schizophrenia.
4 12/20/2024
