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Drugs, the Brain, and Behavior.
Explore the brain and discover the clinical and pharmacological issues surrounding drug abuse and dependence. The authors, research scientists with years of experience in alcohol and drug studies, provide definitions, historic discoveries about the nervous system, and original, eye-catching illustra...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; About the Authors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 What Is a Drug?; 2 Is There a Brain-Behavior Relationship?; 3 Pharmacokinetics: How Do Drugs Get There and What Do They Do?; 4 Functional Neuroanatomy: Where Do Psychoactive Drugs Act?; 5 Neurophysiology: How Do Psychoactive Drugs Act?; 6 Alcohol: The Socially Accepted Addictive Drug; 7 Cocaine and Other Stimulants: Drugs That Make Us High; 8 Opioids: Drugs That Calm Our Pain; 9 Nicotine: Of What Value?; 10 Marijuana: The Illegal Recreational Plant
- 11 Inhalants: Not Just Bad Breath!12 Hallucinogens: Drugs That Make Us Crazy; 13 Antipsychotics: Drugs That Make Us Sane; 14 Anxiolytics: Drugs That Calm Us Down; 15 Antidepressants: Drugs That Lift Us Up; 16 Addiction: The Chronic Medical Illness; 17 Forensic Issues in Psychopharmacology; Selected Bibliography; Index