title: [Psychopharmacology and neurohumoral transmission].
abstract: The authors remind neurobiologists that, if it is necessary to analyze the mechanisms of neurotransmission, it is altogether necessary to integrate them in a circuit. If there is e.g. a noradrenergic transmission, there is neither a noradrenergic function nor a noradrenergic system. Moreover, the same neurone may release different transmittors; the response of the effector depends on its level of excitability; the identification of a mediator--especially in the urine--does not tell how its activity is modulated etc. A few examples are given.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000502:physiology*; D011600:Psychopharmacology / Q000639:trends*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission
chemical_list: D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents
vernacular_title: Psychopharmacologie et transmission neuro-humorale.