Jason Benjamin <childish4god at pacbell.net> wrote:
> mat wrote:
>> If you want to understand transmitter systems and the 'protocols' then
>> pharmacology is exactly the subject you need to study :)
>> You really think so huh? I mean I don't like dealing with medications
> and treatments (I don't like the trial and error aspect--although I am
> glad that they exist to assist). I'm interested in the neurochemical
> basis of behavior (the biological structure), and especially memory
> studies like alzheimers. I suppose I want to be a neurochemist, because
> that involves understanding the physics and chemistry in the
> neurotransmitters.
Various drugs (pharmacological agents) are used as tools to find out
about neurochemical mechanisms.
Dag Stenberg