About the Division...
The Division for Neuropharmacology serves members with interests in all aspects of neuropharmacology research from studies in the central nervous system to peripheral autonomic pharmacology. Specific areas include, but are not limited to, neurochemistry, neurotransmission, neurotoxicity of drugs, neural receptor pharmacology, signal transduction in neural tissue, mechanisms of nervous system disorders, treatment of nervous system disorders, the pharmacology of drugs acting on the central nervous system (anesthetics, analgesics, antipsychotic drugs, antianxiety drugs, antiepileptic drugs, drugs for migraine, drugs for degenerative disorders), the pharmacology of drugs acting on the peripheral nervous system (sympathomimetics, antihypertensive drugs, cholinergic agents, nitric oxide synthase inhibitors), alcohol and drug addiction, drugs of abuse, and behavioral pharmacology.