Behavioral Pharmacology.

Catalog description

Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. This is a survey course covering research on the effects of drugs on behavior -- ranging from classical to operant conditioning behaviors. Additional topics will include drug self-administration, drug discrimination, unconditioned and conditioned drug effects, and behavioral toxicology. The course focuses primarily on laboratory research in animals although human research will also be covered. The relevance of this research literature to drug treatment of mental health disorders such as substance use disorders and pain will be discussed.