title: Comparative psychopharmacology.
abstract: Studies of the effects of psychoactive drugs and neurotransmitters on the behavior of invertebrates and poikilothermic vertebrates are reviewed. Dangers of reductive explanations are pointed out. Results and suggestions are given concerning the use of poikilothermic animals (1) in the development of screening tests, (2) in experiments on the action mechanisms of psychopharmaca, and (3) in the use of psychoactive drugs in the study of the mechanisms of animal behavior.
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001000:Ants; D002465:Cell Movement; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D007858:Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009043:Motor Activity; D011587:Psychology, Comparative; D011600:Psychopharmacology; D011898:Ranidae; D013045:Species Specificity; D013112:Spiders
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives