Lagerspetz KY. Comparative psychopharmacology.
CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 1981;
6:1-43. [PMID:
7014109 DOI:
10.1007/978-94-011-8123-5_1]
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Abstract
Studies of the effects of psychoactive drugs and neurotransmitters on the behavior of invertebrates and poikilothermic vertebrates are reviewed. Dangers of reductive explanations are pointed out. Results and suggestions are given concerning the use of poikilothermic animals (1) in the development of screening tests, (2) in experiments on the action mechanisms of psychopharmaca, and (3) in the use of psychoactive drugs in the study of the mechanisms of animal behavior.
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