Drugs and Behavior
An Introduction to Behavioral Pharmacology
5th Edition
Published on 12. August 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-13-048118-4 (ISBN)
Description
For 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.
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.
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Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
644 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-048118-4 (9780130481184)
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Content
(NOTE: Each chapter includes a Chapter Summary).
1. Some Basic Pharmacology.
2. Research Design and the Behavioral Analysis of Drug Effects.
3. Tolerance, Withdrawal, Sensitization, and Conditioning of Drug Effects.
4. Neurophysiology, Neurotransmitters, and the Nervous System.
5. Dependence, Addiction, and the Self-Administration of Drugs.
6. Alcohol.
7. Tranquilizers and Sedative Hypnotics.
8. Inhaled Substances.
9. Tobacco and Nicotine.
10. Caffeine and the Methylxanthines.
11. Psychomotor Stimulants.
12. The Opiates.
13. Antipsychotic Drugs.
14. Antidepressants and Mood Stabilizers.
15. Cannabis.
16. Hallucinogens.
Index.
References.
1. Some Basic Pharmacology.
2. Research Design and the Behavioral Analysis of Drug Effects.
3. Tolerance, Withdrawal, Sensitization, and Conditioning of Drug Effects.
4. Neurophysiology, Neurotransmitters, and the Nervous System.
5. Dependence, Addiction, and the Self-Administration of Drugs.
6. Alcohol.
7. Tranquilizers and Sedative Hypnotics.
8. Inhaled Substances.
9. Tobacco and Nicotine.
10. Caffeine and the Methylxanthines.
11. Psychomotor Stimulants.
12. The Opiates.
13. Antipsychotic Drugs.
14. Antidepressants and Mood Stabilizers.
15. Cannabis.
16. Hallucinogens.
Index.
References.