Behavioral Neuroscience of Drug Addiction

Drug addiction is a chronically relapsing mental illness involving severe motivational disturbances and loss of behavioral control leading to personal dev- tation. The disorder af?icts millions of people, often co-occurring with other mental illnesses with enormous social and economic costs to socie...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Self, David W. (Editor), Staley Gottschalk, Julie K. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edition:1st ed. 2010.
Series:Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, 3
Subjects:
Neurosciences.
Neurology .
Pharmacology.
Neurochemistry.
Psychiatry.
Neuroscience.
Neurology.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Neuroplastic Alterations in the Limbic System Following Cocaine or Alcohol Exposure
  • Dopamine Signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens of Animals Self-Administering Drugs of Abuse
  • Amygdala Mechanisms of Pavlovian Psychostimulant Conditioning and Relapse
  • Prefrontal Cortical Regulation of Drug Seeking in Animal Models of Drug Relapse
  • Neural Substrates of Psychostimulant Withdrawal-Induced Anhedonia
  • Sensitization Processes in Drug Addiction
  • Imaging Receptor Changes in Human Drug Abusers
  • Imaging Neurotransmitter Release by Drugs of Abuse
  • Imaging Cognitive Deficits in Drug Abuse
  • Neural Markers of Genetic Vulnerability to Drug Addiction
  • The Role of Executive Control in Human Drug Addiction
  • The Behavioral Economics of Drug Dependence: Towards the Consilience of Economics and Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Novel Pharmacological Approaches to Drug Abuse Treatment.

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