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| The scientific study of the actions of drugs and their effects on living organisms |
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| Concerned with drug-induced changes in the functioning of cells of the nervous system |
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| Drug-induced changed in mood, thinking, and behavior |
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| Identify chemical substances that act upon the nervous system to alter behavior that is disturbed due to injury, disease, or environmental factors |
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| The specific molecular changes produced by a drug when it binds to a particular target site or receptor |
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| Alteration in physiological and psychological functions associated with a specific drug |
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| Drug-receptor interaction produces desired physical or behavioral changes |
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| Any drug effect other than the desired physical or behavioral effects |
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| Those effects based on the physical and biochemical interactions of a drug with a target site in living tissue |
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| Those effects that are based not on the chemical activity of a drug-receptor interaction but on certain unique characteristics of the individual |
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| Pharmacologically inert compound |
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| Type of experiment in which neither the patient nor the observer knows the treatment received by the patient |
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| Factors that contribute to the administration, distribution, binding, inactivation, and excretion of a drug |
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| Factors that contribute to the administration, distribution, binding, inactivation, and excretion of a drug |
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| Amount of drug in the blood that is free to bind at specific target tissues to elicit drug action |
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| The movement of the drug from the site of administration to the blood circulation |
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| Phenomenon in which the liver metabolizes some of a drug before it can circulate through the body, particularly when the drug was administered orally |
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| Method that involves administration of a drug directly into the bloodstream by means of a vein |
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| Method that involves the administration of a drug into muscle |
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