can be defined as the study of drugs that later processes controlled by the nerovus sytem - neuropharmacology two basic steps of of neuropharmacologic drugs.... - axonal conductionand synaptic conduciton two influence a process under neuronal control, a drug can alter one of two basic neuronal activities... 1) 2) - 1) axonal conduction 2) synaptic transmission is axonal coonduction very selective? - no drugs that alter synaptic transmission can produce effects that are _______( highly or minimally?) selective? - highly the ability of a neuron to influence the behavior of another cell depends untilamtely on what? - the ability of the neuron to alter receptor activity on the target cell T or F. the effect of a drug on a neuronally regulated process is dependent on the ability of that drug to directly or indirectly influence receptor activity on target cells. - TRUE very important for synaptic transmission to take Place alce, molecules of transmitter must be present in the ________ _______? - nerve terminal what is the first step of transmission for neuro drugs? - transmitter synthesis what is the second step of transmitter storage? - transmitter storage what is step 3 of synaptic transmission? - transmitter release transmitter release is triggered by the arrival of an ______ _____- - action potential after release, transmitter molecules _______ across the synaptic gap and then undergo reversible binding to receptors ton the postsynaptic cell - diffuse