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Author Thompson, Travis.

Title Advances in Behavioral Pharmacology : Volume 7
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (221 pages)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors To This Volume; Preface; Chapter 1 BEHAVIORAL PHARMACOLOGY: ISSUES OF REDUCTIONISM AND CAUSALITY; References; Chapter 2 EFFECTS OF DRUGS ON STIMULUS CONTROL OF BEHAVIOR UNDER SCHEDULES OF REINFORCEMENT; Introduction; Methods; Effects of Drugs on Response Rates and Stimulus Control Under Fixed-Interval Schedules; Comparison of Free Operant and Discrete Trials Procedures; Generality of Effects of Fixed-Interval Responding; Analysis of the Source of Stimulus Control Altered by Drugs; Summary and Implications; References
Chapter 3 CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MATCHING LAW TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF DRUGSIntroduction; The Problem of Measuring a Subject's Susceptibility to Reinforcers; The Matching Law Equation: Basic Findings; Neuroleptics; Amphetamine; Antidepressants; New Directions: Avoidance Responding; Caveats and Summary; References; Chapter 4 BEHAVIORAL PHARMACOLOGY OF COMPOUNDS AFFECTING MUSCARINIC CHOLINERGIC RECEPTORS; Introduction; Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Muscarinic Agonists; Muscarinic Antagonists; Muscarinic Receptor Subtypes; Conclusions; References
Chapter 5 BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES ASSOCIATED WITH SEROTONIN RECEPTORSMultiple Types of 5-HT Receptors; Unconditioned Behaviors Elicited by 5-HT Agonists; Regulation of Behavioral Responses Elicited by 5-HT Agonists; Drug Discrimination Studies; 5-HT Receptor Subtypes and Behavior; Summary; References; Chapter 6 NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS OF DRUG ACTION ON BEHAVIOR; Introduction; Tryptophan; Magnesium; Ascorbic Acid; Conclusions; References; Chapter 7 ROLES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THEORY IN BEHAVIORAL PHARMACOLOGY; The Domain of Behavioral Pharmacology; Theories: Their Roles and Characteristics
Behavioristic TheoryThe Nature of a Theory for Behavioral Pharmacology; The Prospects for a Theory; References; Author Index; Subject Index
Summary This volume continues to document and summarize developments, trends, and emergent interdisciplinary research in behavioral psychopharmacology. For researchers and graduate students in psychopharmacology, behavioral pharmacology, toxicology, and the neurosciences. This seventh volume continues to document and summarize developments, trends, and emergent interdisciplinary research in behavioral psychopharmacology. For researchers and graduate students in psychopharmacology, behavioral pharmacology, toxicology, and the neurosciences. This is the latest volume in a series that continues to docume
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Subject Psychopharmacology.
Psychopharmacology
MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
Psychopharmacology
Form Electronic book
Author Dews, Peter B., 1922-
Barrett, J. A. (James A.)
ISBN 9781317784968
1317784960