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good books on the Brain?/ how drugs work in the brain?

CRICKETBEE

CRICKETBEE

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I have been using PD's for around 20 yrs.

I have always tried to educate myself and have read tons of books on the history of PD's and drugs in general. BUT (especially after spending some time on BL) I have started realizing that i actually know very little about how the brain works or how Pd's (or stims or opiates, etc) actually work in the brain, what drugs do to the brain in the short-term, and in the long term.

(for example I JUST learned what downregulation means the other day.)



SO....can you wonderful people please recommend a bunch of books I can read to start being able to follow more of what people are talking about?

is neuropharmocolgy an area i should read up on?

someone recommended this book on another forum:

"the biochemical basis of neuropharmocology"


I also met a neuroscientist who recommended a 2 volume (giant) book on how different drugs work in the brain. but sadly i lost the notebook i wrote that one down in.


But even just regular (informative) books on how dopamine, serotonin work and what the different parts of the brain do would be great.


i really do want to catch up. and I think it would make me a better PD user as well.


THANKS!
 
NSFW:
| | |-- Adams and Victor - Principles Of Neurology 7th ed.pdf
| | |-- Adolescent Psych. Development - Rationality, Morality and Identity 2nd ed - D. Moshman (LEA, 2005) WW.pdf
| | |-- Aitchison - The Articulate Mammal - Intro to Psycholinguistics 5e (2008).pdf
| | |-- Assessing Adolescent and Adult Intelligence 3rd ed - A. Kaufman, E. Lichtenberger (Wiley, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- Attention Deficit Disorder - T. Brown (Yale, 2005) WW.pdf
| | |-- Biological Psychiatry [2 Vols] - H. D'haenen, et al., (Wiley, 2002) WW.pdf
| | |-- Blackmore - Conversations about Consciousness (Oxford, 2006).pdf
| | |-- Blackwell - Essential Neurology 4th Ed.pdf
| | |-- Bontempi - Memories - Molecules and Circuits (Springer, 2007).pdf
| | |-- Brain Architecture - Understanding the Basic Plan - L. Swanson (Oxford, 2003) WW.chm
| | |-- Brain Imaging in Substance Abuse - Research, Clinical and Forensic Applns - M. Kaufman (Humana, 2000) WW.pdf
| | |-- Braun - Buzz - The Science and Lore of Alcohol and Caffeine (Oxford, 1996).pdf
| | |-- Byrne - From Molecules to Networks - Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (Elsevier, 2004).pdf
| | |-- Cerebral Signal Transduction - From First to Fourth Messengers - M. Reith (Humana, 2000) WW.pdf
| | |-- Chalupa - The Visual Neurosciences - Volumes 1,2 (MIT, 2004).pdf
| | |-- Chomsky - Syntactic Structures 2e HQ (Mouton, 2002).djvu
| | |-- Clinical Neuropathology - Text and Color Atlas - C. Haberland (Demos, 2007) WW.pdf
| | |-- Clinical Pharmacology of Sleep - S. Pandi-Perumal, J. Monti (Birkhauser, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- Clinical Textbook of Addictive Disorders 3rd ed - R. Frances, S. Miller, A. Mack (Guilford, 2005) WW.pdf
| | |-- Cognitive Aspects of Bilingualism - I. Kecskes, L. Albertazzi (Springer, 2007) WW.pdf
| | |-- Cognitive Science - B. Bly, D. Rumelhart (AP, 1999) WW.pdf
| | |-- Cognitive Systems - Information Processing Meets Brain Science - R. Morris, et al., (Elsevier, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- Computational Neuroanatomy - Principles and Methods - G. Ascoli (Humana, 2002) WW.pdf
| | |-- Concise Encyclopedia of Language and Religion - J. Sawyer, J. S..
| | |-- Craighead - Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science 3e (Wiley, 2004).pdf
| | |-- Craver - Explaining the Brain - Mechanisms and the Mosaic Unity of Neuroscience (Oxford, 2007).pdf
| | |-- Davis, King - Fundamentals of Neurologic Disease.pdf
| | |-- Dayan - Theoretical Neuroscience Computational and Mathematical Modeling of Neural Systems.pdf
| | |-- Dennett - Consciousness Explained (Back Bay, 1991).pdf
| | |-- Developmental Neurobiology 4th ed - M. Rao, M. Jacobson (Kluwer, 2005) WW.pdf
| | |-- Development of the Nervous System 2nd ed - D. Sanes, T. Reh, W. Harris (Elsevier, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- DiPiro - Pharmacotherapy - A Pathophysiologic Approach 6e (McGraw, 2005).pdf
| | |-- Dopamine [Handbook of Chemical Neuroanatomy - Vol 21] - S. Dunnett, et al., (Elsevier, 2005) WW.pdf
| | |-- Dowling - The Great Brain Debate - Nature or Nurture (JHP, 2004).pdf
| | |-- Early Detection and Management of Mental Disorders - M. Maj, et al., (Wiley, 2005) WW.pdf
| | |-- Electroencephalography 5th ed - E. Niedermeyer, F. da Silva (Lippincott, 2005) WW.chm
| | |-- Elements of Molecular Neurobiology 3d ed - C. U. M. Smith.pdf
| | |-- Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics 2nd ed [14 vols] - K. ..
| | |-- Epilepsy - A Comprehensive Textbook [3 vols] (Lippincott, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- Essential Neuroscience - A. Siegel, H. Sapru (Lippincott, 2006)..
| | |-- Essentials of Psychiatry - J. Kay, A. Tasman (Wiley, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- Evans,Green - Cognitive Linguistics - An Introduction (Edinburgh, 2006).pdf
| | |-- Feelings - The Perception of Self - J. Laird (Oxford, 2007) WW.pdf
| | |-- From Computer to Brain - Foundations of Computational Neuroscience - W. Lytton (Springer, 2002) WW.pdf
| | |-- From Conditioning to Concious Recollection - Memory Systems of the Brain - H. Eichenbaum, N. Cohen (Oxford, 2001) WW.chm
| | |-- From Molecules to Networks - An Intro to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience - J. Byrne, J. Roberts (Elsevier, 2004) WW.pdf
| | |-- Fundamental Neuroscience for Basic and Clinical Applns - D. Haines, et al., (Elsevier, 2007) WW.chm
| | |-- Gazzaniga - The New Cognitive Neurosciences 2e (MIT, 2000).pdf
| | |-- Gillian Einstein - Sex and the Brain (MIT, 2007).pdf
| | |-- Greenberg - Clinical Neurology 5th ed.pdf
| | |-- Greenfield - The Human Brain - A Guided Tour.pdf
| | |-- Greenstein - Color Atlas of Neurosciences, Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology (Thieme, 2000).pdf
| | |-- Handbook of Psychiatric Drugs - J. Lieberman, A. Tasman (Wiley, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- Hanna - Word and World - Practice and the Foundations of Language (Cambridge, 2004).pdf
| | |-- Hardwired Behavior - What Neuroscience Reveals About Morality - L. Tancredi (Cambridge, 2005) WW.pdf
| | |-- Hell,Ehlers - Structural and Functional Organization of the Synapse [neuroscience] (Springer, 2008).pdf
| | |-- Hobson - The Dream Drugstore - Chemically Altered States of Consciousness (MIT, 2002).pdf
| | |-- How the Body Shapes the Way We Think - R. Pfeifer, J. Bongard (MIT, 2007) WW.pdf
| | |-- Hughes' Outline of Modern Psychiatry 5th ed - D. Gill (Wiley, 2007) WW.pdf
| | |-- Hypnotherapeutic Techniques 2nd ed - A. Barabasz, J. Watkins (Brunner-Routledge, 2005) WW.pdf
| | |-- Intervening in the Brain - Changing Psyche and Society - R. Merkel, et al., [science ethics] (Springer, 2007) WW.pdf
| | |-- Introduction to the Practice of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy - A. Lemma (Wiley, 2003) WW.pdf
| | |-- Jacobson - Neuroanatomy for the Neuroscientist (Springer, 2008).pdf
| | |-- Janicak - Principles and Practice of Psychopharmacotherapy 4e (Lippincott, 2006).chm
| | |-- Kandel - Principles of Neural Science 4e.pdf
| | |-- Kent - MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders (MIT, 2004).pdf
| | |-- Kranzler - Clinical Manual of Addiction Psychopharmacology (APP, 2005).pdf
| | |-- Lajtha - Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology (Springer, 2007).pdf
| | |-- Levitin - This is Your Brain on Music - Science of a Human Obsession (Dutton, 2006).pdf
| | |-- Lewis's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 4th ed - A. Martin, F. Volkmar (Lippincott, 2007) WW.chm
| | |-- Linguistics - An Intro To Language And Communication 5th ed - A..
| | |-- Lowinson - Substance Abuse - A Comprehensivew Textbook 4e [drugs] (Lippincott, 2005).chm
| | |-- Lynch - Big Brain - Origins and Future of Human Intelligence (Palgrave, 2008).pdf
| | |-- Manual of Psychiatric Theraputics 3rd ed - R. Shader (Lippincott, 2003) WW.chm
| | |-- Merritt - Neurology 10th Ed.pdf
| | |-- Microcircuits - The Interface Betwen Neurons and Global Brain Function - S. Grillner, A. Graybiel (2004) WW.pdf
| | |-- Migrane - Manifestations, Pathogenesis and Management 2nd ed - R. Davidoff (Oxford, 2002) WW.chm
| | |-- Mildner - Cognitive Neuroscience of Human Communication (Taylor, 2008).pdf
| | |-- Miller - Philosophy of Language 2e (Routledge, 2007).pdf
| | |-- Molecular Biology of the Neuron 2nd ed - R. Davies, B. Morris (Oxford, 2004) WW.pdf
| | |-- Molecular Neuroscience - P. Revest, A. Longstaff (Bios, 1998) WW.djvu
| | |-- Monti - Neurochemistry of Sleep and Wakefulness (Cambridge, 2008).pdf
| | |-- Mumenthaler - Neurology 4e rev (Thieme, 2004).pdf
| | |-- Narcolepsy and Hypersomnia - C. Bassetti, et al., (Informa, 2007) WW.pdf
| | |-- Navigating the Adult Spine - Bridging Clinical Practice and Neuroradiology - A. Fast, D. Goldsher (Demos, 2007) WW.pdf
| | |-- Neuroanatomy An Atlas of Structures, Sections, and Systems - Duane E. Haines.pdf
| | |-- Neuroengineering - D. Dilorenzo, J. Bronzino (CRC, 2008) WW.pdf
| | |-- Neuroimmunology of Sleep - S. Pandi-Perumal, et al., (Springer, 2007) WW.pdf
| | |-- Neurological Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience - Mark D'Esposito.pdf
| | |-- Neuroscience for Neurologists - P. Chinnery (ICP, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- Neuroscience of Psychoactive Substance Use and Dependence (WHO, 2004) WW.pdf
| | |-- Neuroscience PreTest 6th ed - A. Siegel (McGraw-Hill, 2007) WW...
| | |-- Neuro-Signals - Invertebrate Neural Networks - Y. Wong, J. Wong (Karger, 2004) WW.pdf
| | |-- Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators - Hbk of Receptors and Biological Effects 2nd ed - O. von Bohlen, et al., (Wiley, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Diagnosis and Treatment - C. Kushida (Informa, 2007) WW.pdf
| | |-- Pecher - Grounding Cognition - Role of Perception and Action in Memory, Language etc (Cambridge, 2005).pdf
| | |-- Pharmacotherapy Handbook 6th ed - B. Wells, et al., (McGraw-Hill, 2006) WW.chm
| | |-- Pharmacology of Neurotransmitter Release - T. Sudhof, K. Starke (Springer, 2008) WW.pdf
| | |-- Pinker - How the Mind Works (Penguin, 1998).pdf
| | |-- Pinker - The Blank Slate - Modern Denial of Human Nature [html,ugly] (Penguin, 2002).pdf
| | |-- Platek - Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience (MIT, 2007).pdf
| | |-- Principles of Psychopharmacology for Mental Health Professionals - J. Kelsey (Wiley, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- Psychiatry as a Neuroscience - J. Lopez-Ibor, et al., (Wiley, 2002) WW.pdf
| | |-- Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience - M. Mancia (Springer, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- Psychologists and Their Theories (for Students) [Vol 1 and 2] - K. Krapp (Gale, 2005) WW.pdf
| | |-- Psychophysiology - Human Behavior and Physiological Response 4th ed - J. Andreassi (LEA, 2000) WW.djvu
| | |-- Purves - Neuroscience 3e.pdf
| | |-- Ramachandran - Encyclopedia of the Human Brain (Academic, 2002).pdf
| | |-- Rao - Developmental Neurobiology 4e (Kluwer, 2005).pdf
| | |-- Receptor Signal Transduction Protocols 2nd ed [Methods In Molec Bio, Vol 259] - G. Willars, R. Chaliss (Humana) WW.pdf
| | |-- Riedel,Platt - From Messengers to Molecules - Memories Are Made of These [neurotransmitters,neuroscience,drugs] (Kluwer, 2004).pdf
| | |-- Rohkamm - Color Atlas of Neurology (Thieme, 2004).pdf
| | |-- Seckel - Incredible Visual Illusions (Arcturus, 2006).pdf
| | |-- Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors - Past, Present and Future - S. Stanford [SSRIs] (Landes, 1999) WW.pdf
| | |-- Siegel - Basic Neurochemistry - Molecular, Cellular and Medical Aspects 7e (Academic, 2006).pdf
| | |-- Signal Processing for Neuroscientists - W. van Drongelen (AP, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation - H. Colten, B. Altevogt (NAP, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- Temperament - A Psychological Perspective - J. Strelu (Kluwer, 2002) WW.pdf
| | |-- Textbook of Biological Psychiatry - J. Panksepp (Wiley, 2004) WW.pdf
| | |-- The Art and Science of Psychotherapy - S. Hoffmann, J. Weinberg..
| | |-- The Brain - A Very Short Introduction - M. O'Shea (Oxford, 2005) WW.pdf
| | |-- The Cognitive Electrophysiology of Mind and Brain - A. Zani, A. Proverbio (AP, 2002) WW.pdf
| | |-- The Emerging Physics of Consciousness - J. Tuszynski (Springer, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- The Encyclopedia of the Brain and Brain Disorders 2nd ed - C. Turkington (Facts on File, 2002) WW.pdf
| | |-- The GABA Receptors 3rd ed - S. Enna, H. Mohler (Humana, 2007) WW.pdf
| | |-- The Human Hippocampus 3rd ed - H. Duvernoy (Springer, 2005) WW.pdf
| | |-- The Human Nervous System - Structure and Function 6th ed - C. Noback, et al., (Humana, 2005) WW.pdf
| | |-- The Neuroscience of Clinical Psychiatry - E. Higgins, M. George (Lippincott, 2007) WW.CHM
| | |-- The Only EKG Book You'll Ever Need 5th ed - M. Thaler (Lippincott, 2007) WW.chm
| | |-- The Parallel Brain - Cognitive Neuroscience of the Corpus Callosum - E. Zaidel, M. Iacoboni (MIT, 2003) WW.pdf
| | |-- The Physiological Bases of Cognitive and Behavioral Disorders - L. Weyandt (LEA, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- The Senses - Comprehensive Reference [neuroscience, 6 volumes] (AP, 2007).pdf
| | |-- The Serotonin Receptors - from Molecular Pharmacology to Human Theraputics - B. Roth (Humana, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- Theories of Personality 6th ed - J. Feist, G. Feist (McGraw-Hill, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- Tinnitus - Pathophysiology and Treatment [Progress in Brain Research vol 166] - B. Langguth, et al., (2007) WW.pdf
| | |-- Understanding Marijuana - A New Look at the Scientific Evidence - M. Earleywine (Oxford, 2002) WW.chm
| | |-- Understanding Sleep and Dreaming - W. Moorcroft (Springer, 2005) WW.pdf
| | |-- Visual Development 2nd ed - N. Daw (Springer, 2006) WW.pdf
| | |-- Waxman - Molecular Neurology (Elsevier, 2007).pdf
| | |-- Webster - Neurotransmitters, Drugs and Brain Function.pdf
| | |-- Wilson - MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences.pdf
 
Essential Psychopharmacology by Stephen Stahl. It has tons of illustrations and is very easy to understand, although generally it avoids oversimplification. I highly recommend it.
 
is there a particular volume of that series to start with? on amazon there seem to be tons of different editions and volumes.

thanks
 
There is a podcast of an introduction to pharmacology class at University of California, Berkeley. This is a great introductory course, entitled Drugs in the Brain.
 
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