Advances in the neuroscience of addiction / edited by Cynthia M. Kuhn, George F. Koob.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kuhn, Cynthia.

Koob, George F.

Series:

Frontiers in neuroscience (Boca Raton, Fla.)

Frontiers in neuroscience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Substance abuse--Physiological aspects.

Substance abuse.

Neurosciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Understanding the phenomenon of long-lasting vulnerability to addiction is essential to developing successful treatments. Written by an international team of authorities in their respective fields, Advances in the Neuroscience of Addiction provides an excellent overview of the available and emerging approaches used to investigate the biologic mechanisms of drug addiction. It also delineates the promising research discoveries being made in relapse prevention.The book begins with current animal models of addiction, which mimic the state of humans entering treatm

Contents:

Chapter 1. Advances in Animal Models of Relapse for Addiction Research; Chapter 2. Application of Chronic Extracellular Recording Method to Studies of Cocaine Self- Administration: Method and Progress; Chapter 3. Neurochemistry of Addiction: Monitoring Essential Neurotransmitters of Addiction; Chapter 4. Alcohol Craving and Relapse Prediction: Imaging Studies; Chapter 5. Integrating Behavioral and Molecular Approaches in Mouse: Self-Administration Studies

Chapter 6. Neuroeconomics: Implications for Understanding the Neurobiology of AddictionIndex; Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9781040200896

1040200893

9781138116429

1138116424

9780429122996

0429122993

9781420007350

1420007351

OCLC:

630543237