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Psychopharmacology and Sexual Behaviour: Uses and Limitations of Animal Models

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Animal Models in Psychopharmacology

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The use of a variety of behavioural procedures to study discrete psychological processes and neural mechanisms underlying integrated patterns of sexual behaviour are described. Such procedures have especial power when used in conjunction with drugs having specific actions, but they are in no sense “models” of human sexual behaviour and would appear to have but limited value in the development of drugs which may be effective in a therapeutic context.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DY, England

    Barry J. Everitt

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  2. Department of Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Utrecht, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    J. L. Slangen

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Everitt, B.J. (1991). Psychopharmacology and Sexual Behaviour: Uses and Limitations of Animal Models. In: Olivier, B., Mos, J., Slangen, J.L. (eds) Animal Models in Psychopharmacology. APS: Advances in Pharmacological Sciences. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6419-0_30

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