Drug discovery for the treatment of addiction : medicinal chemistry strategies / Brian S. Fulton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fulton, Brian S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Substance abuse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With addiction a key target for drug discovery efforts, this book fills an important and timely need for medicinal chemists who need to understand complex neuroscience issues. The author illustrates medicinal chemistry's prominent role in treating addiction and covers specific drugs of abuse including narcotics, stimulants, depressants, nicotine, and marijuana. Interprets complex neuro- biological and pharmacological information, like the drug-reward system, for medicinal chemists Emphasizes neurotransmitters and neurochemical mechanisms of addictive drugs Pulls together information on the

Contents:

What is drug addiction?

Physiological basis of addiction : a chemist's interpretation

Behavioral pharmacology and addiction

Medication development for the treatment of drug addiction

Medication development for narcotic addiction

Medication development for stimulant addiction

Medication development for depressant addiction

Medication development for nicotine addiction

Medication development for marijuana addiction

Designer drugs.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118889572

1118889576

9781118943670

1118943678

9781118889596

1118889592