Neuropharmacology
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Neuropharmacology is a branch of neuroscience which in itself is a branch of biology. Within the discipline of neuropharmacology are two branches, behavioral and molecular.
Neuropharmacology is concerned with the study of the neurochemical interactions of neuropeptides, neurohormones, neuromodulators, enzymes, secondary messenger systems of the central nervous system, co-transporters, ion channels, receptor proteins and more.
Molecular neuropharmacology also involves the study of neurological diseases (i.e. Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's disease, ALS, eating disorders, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Lupus, Guillain Barre Syndrome and others) and drug abuse at regionalized portions of the brain or at the cellular level.
Research in molecular neuropharmacology may overlap with the science of (biophysics) when analyzing the movement of macromolecules.
Behavioral Neuropharmacology looks at the net effect of psychoactive substances on the organismal scale by means of behavioral changes.
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