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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brick, John
Other Authors: Erickson, Carlton K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Drugs of abuse > Physiological effect.
Neuropharmacology.
Neurophysiology.
Neuropharmacology
Neurophysiology
Neuropharmacologie.
Neurophysiologie.
Drugs of abuse > Physiological effect
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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