Messengers of the brain

The rise of modern psychopharmacology following upon the discovery of efficient psychotherapeutic agents in the middle of the previous century has led to a paradigm shift in brain research, based upon the discovery that nerve cells communicate with each other via chemical messengers. Thanks to this discovery (which awarded the author Arvid Carlsson the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology in 2000) new possibilities have opened up to disclose the mechanisms steering our thoughts and emotions and the disturbances underlying neuropsychiatric diseases. Substances influencing our mental life have been used during all times. The increased knowledge of the brain has given us drugs with a more specific action and milder side effects than before.Läs mer om boken på studentlitteratur.se