Behavioral Neuroscience of Drug Addiction
. Ed(S): Self, David W.; Staley Gottschalk, Julie K.
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paperback. Editor(s): Self, David W.; Staley Gottschalk, Julie K. Series: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences. Num Pages: 406 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MJN; MMG; MMGW; MMH; MMP; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 623.
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 society. Several decades of research have established that drugs of abuse hijack the brain’s natural reward substrates, and that chronic drug use causes aberrant alterations in these rewa- processing systems. Such aberrations may be demonstrated at the cellular, neu- transmitter, and regional levels of information processing using either animal models or neuroimaging in humans following chronic drug exposure. Behaviorally, ... Read more
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 society. Several decades of research have established that drugs of abuse hijack the brain’s natural reward substrates, and that chronic drug use causes aberrant alterations in these rewa- processing systems. Such aberrations may be demonstrated at the cellular, neu- transmitter, and regional levels of information processing using either animal models or neuroimaging in humans following chronic drug exposure. Behaviorally, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Germany
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
Series
Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642261480
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V9783642261480
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