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Psychopharmacology
PSYC 491-01: Research Lab
Offered Spring 2009
Brief Description:
This course is an introduction to the field of psychopharmacology, with special emphasis on the relationships between drugs, their mechanisms of action in the nervous system, and human behavior. The subjective and behavioral effects of many psychoactive drugs (both therapeutic and recreational) will be covered, as well as how they produce their effect. In addition, a laboratory-based experiment will be conducted examining the effect of one or more drugs on behavior in rats.
Pre-requisites:
· Permission of the Instructor (Dr. Pam Jackson, RU 436)
· PSYC 202
· Completion of 6 hours in PSYC Area II: Natural Sciences:
o Cognitive Psychology
o Principles of Learning
o Sensation and Perception
o Brain and Behavior
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