Drugs and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral PharmacologyFor undergraduate courses in Drugs and Behavior Psychopharmacology, as well as graduate survey courses in Psychopharmacology. This text provides an understanding of basic pharmacology and behavior analysis, along with a discussion of the history of each class of drugs and its current place in modern western culture. Student-friendly and accessible, this new edition provides students with impartial scientific information on the effects of drugs on behavior and the various ways that behaviors facilitate both the actions of drugs and the way people use them. - NEW - Completely updated and reorganized - Each class of drugs is introduced, accompanied by historical data, placed in a social context, and then is discussed in terms of its neuropharmacology, effects on behavior, abuse potential, use patterns, and effects and damages - Enables students to fully grasp each class of drugs and their neurological, psychological, and social effects. - NEW - Added chapter on inhaled substances - Covering solvents and anesthetics - Introduces students to recent findings on currently-used and abused drugs. - NEW - Extended discussion of club drugs - Includes ecstasy, ketamine, dextromethorphan, flu |
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... axon is a long process attached to the cell body at the axon hillock , which is located at the opposite end of the cell body from the den- drites . The axon is usually covered by a layer of fatty material called the myelin sheath . The ...
... axon is a long process attached to the cell body at the axon hillock , which is located at the opposite end of the cell body from the den- drites . The axon is usually covered by a layer of fatty material called the myelin sheath . The ...
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... axon membrane , away from the stimulus that produced it , with undiminished intensity . Depending on the type of axon , an action po- tential can move as fast as 100 meters a second . The presence of the myelin coating on the axon ...
... axon membrane , away from the stimulus that produced it , with undiminished intensity . Depending on the type of axon , an action po- tential can move as fast as 100 meters a second . The presence of the myelin coating on the axon ...
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... axon . But the action po- tentials we have discussed have been artificially created by inserting a stimulating ... axon of one cell where it terminates close to the den- drites and cell body of another cell . The end of the axon of the ...
... axon . But the action po- tentials we have discussed have been artificially created by inserting a stimulating ... axon of one cell where it terminates close to the den- drites and cell body of another cell . The end of the axon of the ...
Contents
RESEARCH DESIGN AND THE BEHAVIORAL | 24 |
TOLERANCE WITHDRAWAL SENSITIZATION | 39 |
Sensitization | 47 |
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