Advances in Behavioral Pharmacology, Volume 2 covers papers on the evidence of the broadening scope and the practical implications of behavioral pharmacology. The book presents papers about some quantitative behavioral pharmacology in the mouse; about interrelations among prior experience; and current conditions in the determination of behavior and the effects of drugs. The text also describes the effects of drugs on male sexual function; agonistic behavior and repeated acquisition; as well as the procedures and results of drug self-administration research in laboratory animals that provide information about the abuse liability of drugs in man. Procedures for reducing drug intake in nonhumans are also considered. Behavioral pharmacologists, pharmacologists, and students taking behavioral pharmacology will find the book useful.

List of ContributorsPrefaceSome Quantitative Behavioral Pharmacology in the Mouse I. Introduction II. Effects of Drugs on SMA III. Strain Differences in the Effects of Drugs on SMA IV. Schedule-Controlled Behavior in the Mouse V. Drug Effects on Schedule-Controlled Behavior in the Mouse VI. Summary ReferencesInterrelations among Prior Experience and Current Conditions in the Determination of Behavior and the Effects of Drugs I. Introduction II. Multiple Determinants of Behavior III. Behavioral Effects of Drugs IV. Summary and Conclusions ReferencesEffects of Drugs on Male Sexual Function I. Introduction II. Assessment of Male Sexual Responses III. Critical Analysis of Objective Drug-Sex Research IV. Conclusions ReferencesDrug Effects on Agonistic Behavior I. Introduction II. What is Agonistic Behavior? III. Situations in which Agonistic Behavior Occurs IV. Behavioral Topography of Agonistic Behavior V. Recording and Measurement of Agonistic Behavior VI. Principles for Pharmacological Studies of Agonistic Behavior VII. Summary of the Effects of Some Prototype Drugs on Agonistic Behavior ReferencesPredicting the Abuse Liability of Drugs with Animal Drug Self-Administration Procedures: Psychomotor Stimulants and Hallucinogens I. Introduction II. Procedures for Determining whether Drugs Maintain Self-Administration Behavior III. Procedures for Measuring the Relative Reinforcing Efficacy of Drugs IV. Assessment of the Relationship between Reinforcing Effects and Therapeutic Effects of Drugs: Implications for Abuse Liability V. Summary ReferencesProcedures for Reducing Drug Intake: Nonhuman Studies I. Introduction II. Punishment of Drug-Reinforced Responding III. Reduction of Intake of Self-Administered Compounds by Procedures Not Involving Punishment IV. Effects of Reinforcement Schedule on Drug Intake V. Discriminative Stimuli and Drug Intake VI. Nonhuman Studies and Human Drug Abuse ReferencesDrug Effects on Repeated Acquisition I. Introduction II. Drug Effects on Repeated Acquisition of Response Sequences III. Modulation of Drug Effects by Behavioral Variables IV. Concluding Comments ReferencesSubject Index