A Detailed Analysis of the Effects of Methamphetamine on Schedule-controlled Responding in Pigeons
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....................................................................................................v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..................................................................................vi DEDICATION.................................................................................................vii LIST OF TABLES...........................................................................................viii LIST OF FIGURES............................................................................................ix INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................1 Behavioral Effects of Drugs..........................................................................4 Response Rate as a Component Measure........................................................13 Dissection of Response Rate into its Component Parts........................................15 IRT Analysis..........................................................................................21 Rationale..............................................................................................24 METHOD.....................................................................................................26 Subjects...............................................................................................26 Apparatus.............................................................................................26 Behavioral Procedure................................................................................27 Pharmacological Procedure........................................................................28 Data Analysis.........................................................................................29 RESULTS......................................................................................................29 Control Performance................................................................................29 Effects of Methamphetamine......................................................................39 Summary.............................................................................................56
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