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Neuropsychopharmacological Drug Development

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Drug Discovery and Development

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Behavioral pharmacology or psychopharmacology is the study of the effects of drugs on behavior, whereas neuropharmacology is concerned with the effects of drugs on nervous tissue. Thus, neuropsychopharmacology encompasses the whole spectrum, being concerned with the study of the effects of drugs on both nervous tissue in general and on behavior in particular.

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    Jeffrey B. Malick

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Malick, J.B. (1987). Neuropsychopharmacological Drug Development. In: Williams, M., Malick, J.B. (eds) Drug Discovery and Development. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4828-6_5

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