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The first six volumes of the Handbook reviewed basic neuropharmacology, drawing on expertise in biochemistry, pharmacology and electrophysiology. The next three volumes focus attention on the functional importance of these basic neuropharmacological mechanisms for normal behavior. In order to study this interface in the intact functioning organism, appropriate methods for describing and quantifying behavior must be developed. The past twenty years have witnessed a revolution in the study of behavior which has taken us away from the often fruitless theoretical arguments to descriptive behaviorism. Technical achievements in the design of apparatus and the recording of behavior played an important role in these developments, and the resultant behavioral methods have been accepted and found useful in studying the effects of drugs. The development of psycho­ pharmacology as a discipline owes as much to these behavioral methods as it does to the basic neuropharmacological techniques pioneered for in vitro studies. In the first section of Volume 7, an effort has been made to provide reviews both of theory and practice in behavioral science. Milner's chapter deals with the concept of motivation in a theoretical framework. By contrast, the chapters by Morse et al. and Dews and DeWeese provide a more descriptive view of the various ways in which aversive stimuli control behavior and the importance of schedules of reinforcement in determining the profile of responding in the animal. The equal importance of observational behav­ ioral methods is well illustrated by Mackintosh et al.

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Author:   Leslie Iversen
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.808kg
ISBN:  

9781461342168

ISBN 10:   1461342163
Pages:   454
Publication Date:   05 November 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Methods for Studying Unconditioned and Conditioned Behavior.- 1 The Contribution of Ethological Techniques to the Study of Drug Effects.- 2 A Critique of the Methods Available for the Measurement of Spontaneous Motor Activity.- 3 The Study of Sequences of Motor Behavior.- 4 Schedules of Reinforcement.- 5 Control of Behavior by Noxious Stimuli.- 6 Theories of Reinforcement, Drive, and Motivation.- 7 New Considerations in the Neuropsychology of Motivated Behaviors.- 8 Animal Behavioral Models of Relevance to Psychiatry.- Factors That Influence Behavioral Responses to Drugs.- 9 Pharmacogenetics.- 10 Experimental and Clinical Aspects of Drug Dependence.- 11 Social Experience as a Determinant of Normal Behavior and Drug Effect.- 12 Developmental Psychopharmacology.

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