CNS and behavioural pharmacology (Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Pharmacology ; v. 3)

CNS and Behavioural Pharmacology is the third volume of the proceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Pharmacology, organized by the Finnish Pharmacological Society and held in Helsinki, Finland, on July 20-25, 1975. Contributors focus on the findings concerning the central nervous system (CNS) and on the developments in behavioral pharmacology and related areas of research. This volume has 33 chapters divided into five sections. After discussing the application of psychopharmacology to the conservation of wild animals such as ungulates, this book turns its attention to alcohol dependence and the interactions between neurotransmitters and the hypothalamic releasing hormones. The reader is methodically introduced to the pharmacology of emotive behavior, with emphasis on drug effects in mental and emotional disorders as well as the action of psychotropic drugs on emotions, motivations, and social behavior of animals. The final section is devoted to the pharmacological aspects of the cerebrospinal fluid-transport system. This section covers topics such as the metabolism of biogenic amines in the human CNS; the importance of dopamine metabolism for the clinical effects and side effects of neuroleptics; and composite transport systems for organic acids and bases in choroid plexus. This book will be of interest to scientists representing all the major areas of pharmacology, including clinical pharmacology and toxicology, as well as to internists, psychiatrists, neurologists, and anesthesiologists. Content: Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Pharmacology , Page II Front Matter , Page III Copyright , Page IV List of authors , Pages VII-VIII Preface , Pages IX-X , The Editors PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND CONSERVATION , Pages 3-17 , A.M. Harthoorn PITUITARY PEPTIDES ON MOTIVATIONAL, LEARNING AND MEMORY PROCESSES , Pages 19-30 , D. de Wied, B. Bohus, W.H. Gispen, I. Urban, Tj.B. van Wimersma Greidanus ALCOHOL, ANAESTHETICS & MEMBRANES , Pages 33-39 , A.D. Bangham BRAIN MONOAMINES IN ALCOHOL SELECTION AND DEPENDENCE , Pages 41-50 , Liisa Antee VARIABLES AFFECTING THE KINETICS AND EXTENT OF TOLERANCE TO AND PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE ON ETHANOL , Pages 51-58 , A.E. LeBlanc GENETICS AND THE PHARMACOLOGY OF ALCOHOL , Pages 59-66 , G.E. McClearn SCHEDULES OF ETHANOL REINFORCEMENT , Pages 67-74 , G. Winger, J.H. Woods PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE AND ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME IN MAN , Pages 75-88 , M.M. Gross CONCLUDING REMARKS , Pages 89-90 , D.B. Goldstein, H. Wallgren MAPPING AND RELATIONSHIP OF HYPOTHALAMIC NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES , Pages 93-110 , T.H. Ökfelt, O. Johansson, K. Fuxe, A. Löfström, M. Goldstein, D. Park, R. Ebstein, H. Fraser, S. Jeffcoate, S. Efendic, R. Luft, A. Arimura BRAIN CATECHOLAMINES AND ACTH SECRETION: STUDIES ON BRAIN DOPAMINE BETA HYDROXYLASE , Pages 111-119 , Glen R. Van Loon EFFECTS OF HYPOTHALAMIC PEPTIDES ON THE BRAIN , Pages 121-129 , Morris A. Spirtes, Nicholas P. Plotnikoff, Abba J. Kastin BRAIN MONOAMINES AND THE CONTROL OF GROWTH HORMONE SECRETION , Pages 131-145 , E.E. Müller BRAIN NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND THE SECRETION OF THE GONADOTROPINS AND GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONES , Pages 147-158 , I.A. Kamberi, J. de Vellis NEUROHUMORAL FACTORS CONTROLLING GONADOTROPIN SECRETION , Pages 159-167 , J. Borrell, F. Piva, L. Martini PHARMACOLOGY OF EMOTIVE BEHAVIOR , Pages 171-174 , V.V. Zakusov EFFECTS OF DRUGS ON BEHAVIOR CONTROLLED BY NOXIOUS STIMULI , Pages 175-184 , R.T. Kelleher, W.H. Morse EMOTIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL ASPECTS OF DRUG TAKING BEHAVIOR OF ANIMALS , Pages 185-196 , F. Hoffmeister THE INFLUENCE OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS UPON EMOTIONS , Pages 197-205 , Yu.V. Burov EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE ACTION OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS ON EMOTIONS, MOTIVATIONS AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF ANIMALS , Pages 207-211 , A.V. Valdman, E.E. Zvartau, M.M. Kozlovskaya NEW APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF ANXIETY AND ANXIOLYTIC DRUGS IN ANIMAL , Pages 213-222 , J.R. BOISSIER, P. SIMON, P. SOUBRIE ANIMAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL PROCEDURES: PREDICTIVE VALUE FOR DRUG EFFECTS IN MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS , Pages 223-235 , Leonard Cook, Jerry Sepinwall SYMPOSIUM ON PHARMACOLOGY OF EMOTIVE BEHAVIOR - CLOSING REMARKS , Pages 237-242 , P.B. Dews METABOLISM OF BIOGENIC AMINES IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF MAN , Pages 245-254 , Sherwin Wilk SELECTIVE EFFECTS OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS ON LEVELS OF MONOAMINE METABOLITES AND PROLACTIN IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OF PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS , Pages 255-267 , G. Sedvall, G. Alfredsson, L. Bjerkenstedt, P. Eneroth, B. Fyrö, C. Härnryd, C.-G. Swahn, F.-A. Wiesel, B. Wode-Helgodt DETERMINATION OF BIOGENIC AMINE METABOLITES IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BY MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY - METHODS AND BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS , Pages 269-276 , Leif Bertilsson, Marie åsberg SIGNIFICANCE OF LUMBAR CSF METABOLITE MEASUREMENTS IN AFFECTIVE ILLNESS , Pages 277-284 , G.W. Ashcroft, R.C. Dow, C.M. Yates, I.A. Pullar STUDIES OF CSF AMINE METABOLITES IN AFFECTIVE ILLNESS AND IN SCHIZOPHRENIA , Pages 285-297 , F.K. Goodwin, R.M. Post, D. Jimerson IMPORTANCE OF THE DOPAMINE METABOLISM FOR THE CLINICAL EFFECTS AND SIDE EFFECTS OF NEUROLEPTICS , Pages 299-307 , H.M.van Praag, J. Korf TRYPTOPHAN AND MONOAMINE METABOLITES IN CSF IN HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS , Pages 309-315 , T.L. Sourkes CSF AMINE METABOLITES IN VARIOUS NEUROLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC DISEASES , Pages 317-318 , Björn-Erik Roos, Carl-Gerhard Gottfries, Barbro Johansson ONTOGENIC ASPECTS ON THE ELIMINATION OF ORGANIC ACIDS FROM THE CNS , Pages 319-328 , P. Lundborg, N.N. Bass COMPOSITE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS FOR ORGANIC ACIDS AND BASES IN CHOROID PLEXUS , Pages 329-332 , E.H. Bárány Contents of Volumes 1–6 , Pages 333-340 Subject Index , Pages 341-344