Drugs and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral PharmacologyThis student-friendly, accessible text provides students with a thorough introduction to the field of behavioral pharmacology and prepares them to analyze drug information from a variety of sources. The text describes impartially and scientifically the effects of drugs on behavior, and the various ways that behavior principles facilitate an understanding of both the actions of drugs and the way people use them. *Reviews the basic principles and concepts of pharmacology, psychology, and neurophysiology. *Uniform coverage of drug classes. *Provides an historical background for each drug and explains each drug's effect from subjective, behavioral, and neurological perspectives. *Introduces students to recent findings on withdrawal and abuse potential and describes the drug's harmful effects and methods of treatment. *Includes over 700 references to original research and review articles. |
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... dopamine at its synapses . This connection between the VTA and the accumbens is known as the mesolimbic dopamine system , and it appears to be primarily responsible for reinforcement . Cells in the ac- cumbens send axons back to the VTA ...
... dopamine at its synapses . This connection between the VTA and the accumbens is known as the mesolimbic dopamine system , and it appears to be primarily responsible for reinforcement . Cells in the ac- cumbens send axons back to the VTA ...
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... dopamine system similar to the mesolimbic dopamine system that runs from the midbrain to subcortical structures . Addition- ally , dopamine is known to mediate feeding in a range of organisms , from slugs to humans ( Nesse & Berridge ...
... dopamine system similar to the mesolimbic dopamine system that runs from the midbrain to subcortical structures . Addition- ally , dopamine is known to mediate feeding in a range of organisms , from slugs to humans ( Nesse & Berridge ...
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... dopamine hypothesis has been the dominant theory of the neurological basis of schizophrenia since the 1970s . This theory holds that schizo- phrenia is the result of an excess of dopamine ac- tivity in the brain . The theory was ...
... dopamine hypothesis has been the dominant theory of the neurological basis of schizophrenia since the 1970s . This theory holds that schizo- phrenia is the result of an excess of dopamine ac- tivity in the brain . The theory was ...
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Potency and Effectiveness | 5 |
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Oral Administration | 12 |
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