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Return to Psychopharmacology 3e Student Resources
Psychopharmacology 3e Chapter 4 Outline
Methods of Research in Psychopharmacology
Research Methods for Evaluating the Brain and Behavior
Techniques in Behavioral Pharmacology
Evaluating Animal Behavior
Animal testing needs to be valid and reliable to produce useful information
A wide variety of behaviors are evaluated by psychopharmacologists
Box 4.1 Pharmacology in Action
Using the Three-Chamber Social Interaction Test
Box 4.2 Clinical Applications
Drug Testing for FDA Approval
Techniques in Neuropharmacology
Multiple Neurobiological Techniques for Assessing the CNS
Stereotaxic surgery is needed for accurate in vivo measures of brain function
Neurotransmitters, receptors, and other proteins can be quantified and visually located in the CNS
New tools are used for imaging the structure and function of the brain
Genetic engineering helps neuroscientists to ask and answer new questions
Box 4.3 Pharmacology in Action
Transgenic Model of Huntington’s Disease
Behavioral and neuropharmacological methods complement one another
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