Neuropharmacology is the study of how drugs affect cellular function in the nervous system, and the neural mechanisms through which they influence behavior.

There are two main branches of neuropharmacology: behavioral and molecular. Behavioral neuropharmacology focuses on the study of how drugs affect human behavior (neuropsychopharmacology), including the study of how drug dependence and addiction affect the human brain

Advances in understanding and treating mental illness: proceedings of the 40th Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology Annual Meeting Symposia ¹⁾.