Advances in Behavioral Pharmacology, Volume 1 provides synthetic and analytic reviews of significant areas of behavioral pharmacology, particularly the behavioral mechanisms of drug action. The book presents papers on the behavioral pharmacology of the tetrahydrocannabinols; on infrahuman ethanol self-administration; and on the discriminative stimulus properties of drugs. The text then describes various methods used to study the effects of drugs on discrimination; signal detection (SDT), which attempts to separate effects of variables on discrimination processes or capacity (sensitivity) from effects on the subject's criterion; and some of the uses of this model in behavioral pharmacology. The rate-dependency of the behavioral effects of amphetamine, as well as some of the major events in the history of behavioral pharmacology are also considered. The book concludes by tackling the status of behavioral pharmacology. Behavioral pharmacologists, pharmacologists, physicians, and students taking pharmacology and medicine will find the book useful.

List of ContributorsPrefaceBehavioral Pharmacology of the Tetrahydrocannabinols I. Introduction II. Difficulties in Studying the Behavioral Effects of Cannabis Preparations III. Scope of the Present Review IV. Effects of Tetrahydrocannabinols on Grossly Observable Behavior V. Effects of Tetrahydrocannabinols on Schedule-Controlled Behavior VI. Special Problems Concerning the Behavioral Effects of Tetrahydrocannabinols VII. Concluding Statements ReferencesEthanol Self-Administration: Infrahuman Studies I. Introduction II. Techniques Used in the Study of Ethanol Self-Administration III. Establishment of Ethanol Intake IV. Factors Affecting Ethanol Intake V. Elimination of Ethanol Drinking VI. Discussion VII. Conclusions ReferencesThe Discriminative Stimulus Properties of Drugs I. Introduction II. Special Problems with Drugs as Stimuli III. Drug Stimulus Control in the Absence of Discrimination Training IV. Drugs as Discriminative Stimuli V. Effectiveness of Drugs as Discriminative Stimuli VI. Generalization VII. Discriminability VIlI. Mechanisms of Drug Stimulus Control IX. Drug Stimulus Control in Man X. Nondrug Interoceptive Stimuli XI. Implications of Drug Stimulus Control ReferencesDrugs, Discrimination, and Signal Detection Theory I. Introduction II. Methods Used to Investigate Drug Effects on Discrimination III. Signal Detection Theory IV. Drug Effects ReferencesRate-Dependency of the Behavioral Effects of Amphetamine I. Introduction II. General Statements on Rate-Dependency III. Rate of Responding as a Dependent and Independent Variable IV. Problems of Quantitation V. Amphetamines in Rats VI. Amphetamine in Squirrel Monkeys VII. Amphetamine in Pigeons VIII. Amphetamine in Mice IX. General Comments on Points Which May Not Conform to Trend X. Significance and Limitations of Analysis XI. Conclusions References Note Added in ProofBehavioral Pharmacology: A Brief History I. Introduction II. Early Years III. 1800-1940 IV. 1940-1955 V. 1955-Present VI. Concepts Related to the Behavioral Actions of Drugs VII. Current Developments ReferencesCurrent Status of Behavioral Pharmacology New Directions ReferencesSubject Index