This classic text covers the basics of neurotransmitters, receptors, neurochemical brain systems and drug action in psychiatric illness.  It features clinical examples, subclasses of receptors that provide targets for new drugs, molecular genetics, the major problem of drug delivery to the brain and the growing recognition of nicotine receptors in the brain and their possible involvement in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson's diseases. Written and edited by internationally recognized experts in the field, this resource continues to be an enormous contribution to education in the neurosciences.

Jack R. Cooper, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology
Yale University School of Medicine

Floyd E. Bloom, MD
Chairman, Department of Neuropharmacology
The Scripps Research Institute

Robert H. Roth, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine