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Behavioral Pharmacodynamics

Behavioral Pharmacodynamics is a subfield of pharmacodynamics that examines the systemic effects of psychoactive drugs on animal and human behavior, differentiating itself from molecular or cellular pharmacodynamic analyses by focusing on Observable behavioral outcomes as a function of drug action across species.

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Preliminary report of a simple animal behavior model for the anxiolytic effects of benzodiazepines

Jacqueline N. Crawley, Frederick K. Goodwin · Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior · 1980 · 1.4K citations

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“Behavioural despair” in rats and mice: Strain differences and the effects of imipramine

Roger D. Porsolt, Anne Bertin, M Jalfre · European Journal of Pharmacology · 1978 · 631 citations

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The pharmacology of impulsive behaviour in rats: the effects of drugs on response choice with varying delays of reinforcement

J. L. Evenden, Christine Ryan · Psychopharmacology · 1996 · 630 citations

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Neuropharmacologic specificity of a simple animal model for the behavioral actions of benzodiazepines

Jacqueline N. Crawley · Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior · 1981 · 509 citations

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BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF SEPARATE AND COMBINED ADMINISTRATION OF NALOXONE AND d-AMPHETAMINE

Stephen G. Holtzman · Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics · 1974 · 421 citations

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  1. RR
    R.J. Rodgers

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    24 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. RL
    Robert L. Balster

    Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, United States

    23 publications · 860 citations

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  3. WK
    Wouter Koek

    The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center, United States

    16 publications · 435 citations

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  4. DE
    D. E. McMillan

    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, United States

    16 publications · 653 citations

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  5. MA
    Mark A. Geyer

    University of California San Diego, United States

    14 publications · 815 citations

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  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    25 h-index

    94 publications

    4.9K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    21 h-index

    75 publications

    3.9K citations

  3. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    20 h-index

    46 publications

    3.5K citations

  4. Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

    Richmond, United States

    20 h-index

    63 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. Tufts University

    Medford, United States

    20 h-index

    43 publications

    2.7K citations

  6. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

    Little Rock, United States

    19 h-index

    58 publications

    1.8K citations

  7. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    18 h-index

    63 publications

    4.7K citations

  8. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    18 h-index

    48 publications

    2.6K citations

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  1. Psychopharmacology

    354 publications · 16.5K citations

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  2. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

    297 publications · 11.5K citations

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  4. European Journal of Pharmacology

    EJP · 121 publications · 5.2K citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 171 publications · 4.5K citations

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