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Relative reinforcing effects of dibutylone, ethylone, and N-ethylpentylone: self-administration and behavioral economics analysis in rats
RationaleFollowing the emergence of methylone as one of the most popular synthetic cathinones, this group of novel psychoactive substance with names...
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Behavioral Medicine/Behavioral Science in Pharmacy
Behavioral science – the study of the science of human behavior – seeks to explain what behavior is, how behavior can be described, modelled and...
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Behavioral economic analysis of topiramate pharmacotherapy for alcohol: a placebo-controlled investigation of effects on alcohol reinforcing value and delayed reward discounting
RationalePharmacotherapies are an important clinical strategy for treating alcohol use disorder and an understanding of their functional mechanisms...
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Health Economics of Sleep Disorders
Economic aspects of health care have never been more important than they are today. In the modern healthcare climate of increasing costs on the one...
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Autonomic and Behavioral Indicators on Increased Cognitive Loading in Healthy Volunteers
Cognitive and emotional loading during increases in task difficulty leads to activation of various parts of the autonomic nervous system and can be...
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Neuro-Behavioral Dynamic Prediction of Interpersonal Cooperation and Aggression
How to quickly predict an individual’s behavioral choices is an important issue in the field of human behavior research. Using noninvasive...
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Gut microbiota connects the brain and the heart: potential mechanisms and clinical implications
Nowadays, high morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and high comorbidity rate of neuropsychiatric disorders contribute to global...
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The Economics of Obesity: A Public Policy Perspective
While a large segment of this book has been devoted to the medical analysis of the causes and consequences of obesity, this chapter will analyse the...
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Unexpected benefits of and lessons learned from shifting to virtual focus group discussions in the BEECON trial
ObjectiveThe COVID-19 pandemic has forced many human subjects research to halt in-person activities and pivot to virtual engagement, including Focus...
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Behavioral Pharmacology of Ketamine: An Overview of Preclinical Studies
The behavioral pharmacological effects of ketamine in animals have been reviewed. Ketamine does not cause remarkable behavioral changes at doses...
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Our Species’ Hypothetical Alternatives
Primal neurobehavioral animal components locked in ancient, basal neural brain circuits, and considered as universals of behavior, described what...
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An improved demand curve for analysis of food or drug consumption in behavioral experiments
The incorporation of microeconomics concepts into studies using self-administration procedures has provided critical insights into the factors that...
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Effects of environmental and pharmacological manipulations on cocaine-vs-negative reinforcer choice in male and female rats
RationaleThe adverse consequences of human addictive drug use could be the result of either addictive drug consumption resulting in punishment (e.g.,...
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Setting the space for deliberation in decision-making
Decision-making models in the behavioral, cognitive, and neural sciences typically consist of forced-choice paradigms with two alternatives. While...
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A neural mechanism for conserved value computations integrating information and rewards
Behavioral and economic theory dictate that we decide between options based on their values. However, humans and animals eagerly seek information...
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Financial hardship differences by LGBTQ+ status among assigned female at birth adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: a mixed methods analysis
BackgroundAdolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors are at an elevated risk of financial hardship. However, financial hardship among...
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The Blinded-Dose Purchase Task: assessing hypothetical demand based on cocaine, methamphetamine, and alcohol administration
RationaleBehavioral economic drug purchase tasks quantify the reinforcing value of a drug (i.e., demand). Although widely used to assess demand, drug...
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Unique Pharmacology, Brain Dysfunction, and Therapeutic Advancements for Fentanyl Misuse and Abuse
Fentanyl is a fully synthetic opioid with analgesic and anesthetic properties. It has become a primary driver of the deadliest opioid crisis in the...
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Fundamental knowledge taught in compulsory education for effective genetic counseling: a qualitative study of descriptions in textbooks
In genetic counseling, information must be provided in ways that the client and general public can understand to ensure that decisions are made...