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31st Annual Convention; Chicago, IL; 2005

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Symposium #157
Contributions of Behavioral Pharmacology to the Experimental Analysis of Behavior II
Sunday, May 29, 2005
10:00 AM–11:20 AM
Lake Ontario (8th floor)
Area: BPH; Domain: Basic Research
Chair: Steven I. Dworkin (University of North Carolina, Wilmington)
Discussant: Steven I. Dworkin (University of North Carolina, Wilmington)
Abstract: The symposium is the second in a yearly series discussing the contributions of research in behavioral pharmacology to the experimental analysis of behavior. This year’s symposium includes four internationally recognized experts in the field that have made significant contributions to the experimental analysis of behavior, non-human and human behavioral pharmacology and the treatment of drug abuse.
 
Behavioral Analysis and Behavioral Pharmacology: A Synergistic Relationship
HARRIET DEWITT (University of Chicago), Jerry B. Richards (University of Chicago)
Abstract: Behavior analysis has laid the foundation for studying motivated behaviors in modern behavioral neuroscience, and behavioral pharmacology extends this foundation by providing additional tools to understand brain function. This synergistic relationship between behavioral analysis and behavioral pharmacology is illustrated in studies of drugs and impulsive behavior. Behavioral analysis has provided at least two operational definitions of "impulsivity" in humans and non-humans: delay discounting and behavioral inhibition. Behavioral pharmacology has extended our knowledge of these behaviors through the use of drugs acting on neural mechanisms that mediate them. We will review studies with mice, rats and humans, investigating the effects of drugs, lesions and genetic factors in the control of different forms of impulsive behavior. The studies illustrate the power of conducting studies in parallel across human and non-human species, and extends our understanding of the basic behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying impulsivity.
 
Contributions of Behavioral Pharmacology to the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
CHRIS-ELLYN JOHANSON (WSU School of Medicine)
Abstract: N/a
 
Contributions of Behavioral Pharmacology to the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
CHARLES R. SCHUSTER (WSU School of Medicine)
Abstract: N/a
 

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