Neurotransmitters
A learning goals checklist for you to keep in mind as you move through this section.
This elegant chart of neurotransmitters provides general information about some of the most well-known neurotransmitters.
This Foundations of Neuroscience chapter considers the intricacies of the synapse.
Check out this Foundations of Neuroscience chapter concerning neurotransmitter release.
Check out this Foundations of Neuroscience chapter concerning neurotransmitters, their synthesis, and storage.
If you are interest in more detailed information on common neurotransmitters, Neuroscience Online profiles the mechanisms for AcH in the nervous system, as well as biogenic amines, amino acids, and neuropeptides.
Neuropsychopharmacology
A learning goals checklist for you to keep in mind as you move through this section.
Check out this Foundations of Neuroscience chapter concerning toxins and drugs and their impacts on neural functioning.
Practice your knowledge of drug mechanisms of action by playing the mouse party game.
In 2016, I had the opportunity to visit the Marijuana Museum in Amsterdam. This is a slideshow that I created to share some of that information.
Enjoy this NOBA feature on how drugs affect behavior.
A link to a chapter from Neuroscience Online covering transmission at the synapse. View the end for examples of major types of neurotoxins.
See this classic footage of Dr. James Olds investigations of reward processing in rodents.
2-Minute Neuroscience strikes again, with this short overview of reward processing in the brain.
This mini lecture video discusses the effects of cocaine at the cellular level (electrical and chemical), as an example of the effects of a drug on neural activity.
See this short video demonstrating how self-stimulation studies are conducted in rats.