Methods of Assessing the Reinforcing Properties of Abused Drugs [Paperback]

Methods of Assessing the Reinforcing Properties of Abused Drugs presents a synopsis of the preclinical procedures used to assess drug reinforcement. Researchers using one technique are provided with an overview of the other available methods, and clinicians who wish to evaluate drug abuse research reports can gain the necessary background from this volume. Although emphasis is placed on the methodological aspects of assessing drug reinforcement, some of the scientific conclusions derived from using these techniques are also presented. This edited collection offers a lasting framework for interpreting the results of current experimental findings.Methods of Assessing the Reinforcing Properties of Abused Drugs presents a synopsis of the preclinical procedures used to assess drug reinforcement. Researchers using one technique are provided with an overview of the other available methods, and clinicians who wish to evaluate drug abuse research reports can gain the necessary background from this volume. Although emphasis is placed on the methodological aspects of assessing drug reinforcement, some of the scientific conclusions derived from using these techniques are also presented. This edited collection offers a lasting framework for interpreting the results of current experimental findings.Self-Administration Studies.- 1: Intravenous self-administration: Response rates, the effects of pharmacological challenges, and drug preferences.- 2: Screening for drug reinforcement using intravenous self-administration in the rat.- 3: Assessing drugs for abuse liability and dependence potential in laboratory primates.- 4: Interpretation of lesion effects on stimulant self-administration.- 5: Second-order schedules of drug injection.- 6: Intravenous drug self-administrations A special case of positive reinforcement.- 7: Oral drug self-administrations Drugs as reinforcers.- 8: Oral self-administration of alclóÝ