**7. Conclusion**

As mentioned before, behavioral pharmacology is an interdisciplinary field. The present chapter tried to reflect briefly the essence of behavioral pharmacology through an anecdotical review of its developments in areas familiar to the authors. All findings mentioned above underline the importance of the research in behavioral pharmacology on the understanding of the neurobiology of different disorders and the mechanism of action of drugs used to treat such disorders, and at the same time, provide a perspective on the current research done in this growing area, which is and will be a cornerstone in the understanding of human behavior and mental health.

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**Author details**

Xalapa, México

Marabá, Pará, Brazil

Jonathan Cueto-Escobedo1

and Juan Francisco Rodríguez-Landa4

Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, México

\*Address all correspondence to: jcueto@uv.mx

provided the original work is properly cited.

\*, Fabio García-García<sup>2</sup>

1 Translational and Clinical Research Department, Institute of Health Sciences,

2 Biomedicine Department, Institute of Health Sciences, Universidad Veracruzana,

3 Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, Institute of Health and Biological Studies, Federal University of the South and Southeast of Pará,

© 2020 The Author(s). Licensee IntechOpen. This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,

4 Laboratory of Neuropharmacology, Faculty of Biological Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Neuroethology, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, México

, Caio Maximino3

*New Developments in Behavioral Pharmacology DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93700*
