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Hallucinogens in Drug Discrimination

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Behavioral Neurobiology of Psychedelic Drugs

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences ((CTBN,volume 36))

Abstract

Hallucinogens comprise a diverse collection of chemicals with multifarious receptor actions in the central nervous system. Preclinical drug screening methods have proven invaluable in the evaluation and characterization of hallucinogen psychopharmacology. Used in concert with structural chemistry and receptor pharmacology methods, preclinical drug discrimination research has informed our current understanding of hallucinogens and the neurochemical receptor mechanisms responsible for their interoceptive stimulus effects. This chapter summarizes the strengths and limitations of drug discrimination as an in vivo drug detection method and offers a brief review of historical and contemporary drug discrimination research with classical hallucinogens.

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Baker, L.E. (2017). Hallucinogens in Drug Discrimination. In: Halberstadt, A.L., Vollenweider, F.X., Nichols, D.E. (eds) Behavioral Neurobiology of Psychedelic Drugs. Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, vol 36. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/7854_2017_476

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