Behavioural models in psychopharmacology
By considering such conditions as anxiety, depression, mania and schizophrenia, feeding disorders, dementia, and drug dependence, this book provides a comprehensive and critical review of the adequacy of the behavioural procedures used by psychopharmacologists to model psychiatric disorders
540 pages
9780521391924, 052139192X
21408457
Contributors; Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Behavioural models in psychopharmacology P. Willner; Part II. Models of Anxiety: 2. Animal models of anxiety S. Green and H. Hodges; 3. Screening for anxiolytic drugs D. N. Stephens and J. S. Andrews; 4. Animal models of anxiety: a clinical perspective M. Lader; Part III. Models of Depression: 5. Animals models of depression P. Willner; 6. Screening for new antidepressant compounds W. Danysz; 7. The clinical relevance of animal models of depression J. F. W. Deakin; Part IV. Models of Eating Disorders: 8. Animal models of eating disorders A. M. J. Montgomery; 9. Screening methods for anorectic, anti-obesity and orectic agents J. Sepinwall and A. C. Sullivan; 10. Animals models of eating disorders: a clinical perspective D. V. Coscina and P. E. Garfinkel; Part V. Models of Mania and Schizophrenia: 11. M. Lyons; 12. Pharmacological evaluation of new antipsychotic drugs S. Ahlenius; 13. Animal models of schizophrenia and mania: clinical perspectives J. Cookson; Part VI. Models of Dementia: 14. Animal models of Alzheimer's disease and dementia (with an emphasis on cortical cholinergic systems) S. B. Dunnett and T. M. Barth; 15. Strategies for drug development in the treatment of dementia J. D. Salamons; 16. Dementia: the role of behavioural models H. J. Altman; Part VII. Models of Drug Abuse and Drug Dependence: 17. Animal models of drug abuse and dependence A. J. Goudies; 18. Screening for abuse and dependence liabilities D. J. Sanger; 19. The relevance of behavioural models of drug abuse and dependence liabilities to the understanding of drug misuse in humans R. Hartnoll; Index.