Psychotomimetic Drugs: Structure-Activity Relationships

摘要: The field of psychopharmacology has its sources in a number different medical disciplines involved with the function brain. In area pharmacology, major contribution been made by study those drugs that are collectively known as psychotropic agents. term “psychotropic” is used to describe drug turns or changes mind, following quite literally from Greek stemψυχη meaning soul, understanding, and τρeπeιν, turn. A sizable proportion our present pharmacopoea contains medicines designed play role changing modification person’s mood mental state. classification these materials into families defined nature state change evoked useful way defining subdivision “psychotomimetic drugs.” An historically interesting procedure was established Lewin (1924), who characterized five subdivisions according their action.