Memoirs of an addicted brain : a neuroscientist examines his former life on drugs /

A neuroscientist tells the story of his youth spent as a drug addict, while using the specific example of his own story to help explain drug use and addiction in general from a scientific standpoint.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lewis, Marc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : PublicAffairs, 2012, ©2011.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Drug addiction > Physiological aspects.
Drug addicts > Biography.
Toxicomanie > Aspect physiologique.
Toxicomanes > Biographies.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Nervous System (incl. Brain)
MEDICAL > Neurology.
Drug addiction > Physiological aspects
Drug addicts
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Tabor chronicles. Changing state
  • Giving up control
  • Into the fire
  • Dopamine and desire: a romantic interlude
  • Life and death in California. Pulling out the stops
  • Psychedelics, sex, and violence
  • A psychedelic finale: cops and angels
  • Heroin, the Heap, and the sleep of the dead
  • Getting down
  • Going places. Travel broadens the mind
  • Consciousness lost and found
  • The opium fields
  • In sickness and in health. Night life in Rat Park
  • Crime and punishment
  • Healing
  • Epilogue.

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