FOUNDATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE As a psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner,

FOUNDATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
As a psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner, it is essential for you to have a strong background in foundational neuroscience. In order to diagnose and treat patients, you must not only understand the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders but also how medications for these disorders impact the central nervous system. These concepts of foundational neuroscience can be challenging to understand. Therefore, this Discussion is designed to encourage you to think through these concepts, develop a rationale for your thinking, and deepen your understanding by interacting with your colleagues.
For this Discussion, review the Learning Resources and reflect on the concepts of foundational neuroscience as they might apply to your role as the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in prescribing medications for patients.
Post a response to each of the following:
Explain the agonist-to-antagonist spectrum of action of psychopharmacologic agents, including how partial and inverse agonist functionality may impact the efficacy of psychopharmacologic treatments.
Compare and contrast the actions of g couple proteins and ion gated channels.
Explain how the role of epigenetics may contribute to pharmacologic action.
Explain how this information may impact the way you prescribe medications to patients. Include a specific example of a situation or case with a patient in which the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner must be aware of the medication’s action.
Be sure to include CURRENT (<5 years) scholarly resources, both from the classroom material and outside resources. The book by Stahl (2021) must be used, cite the page numbers for verification. Write in APA style and use Subheadings to indicate which question is being answered. LEARNING RESOURCES Required Readings Stahl, S. M. (2021). Stahl's essential psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific basis and practical applications (5th Ed.) Cambridge University Press.Chapter 2, "Transporters, Receptors, and Enzymes as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action" (pp. 29-50) Chapter 3, "Ion Channels as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action) (pp. 51-76) Required Media The University of British Columbia. (n. d.). Neuroanatomy videosLinks to an external site.. http://neuroanatomy.ca/videos.htmlNote: Please review all of the media under the neuroanatomy series.Mental Health TV. (2022, Oct 7). Psychopharmacology-Module fourLinks to an external site. [Video]. YouTube. Mental Health TV. (2022, Oct 7). Psychopharmacology-Module five [Video]. YouTube.