Advance in the neuroscience of addiction

"Understanding the phenomenon of long-lasting vulnerability to addiction is essential to developing successful treatments. Written by a distinguished international team of contributors who are authorities in their respective fields, Advances in the Neuroscience of Addiction provides an overview...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Koob, George F. (Author), Kuhn, Cynthia M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press , c2010
Series:Frontiers in neuroscience
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Advances in animal models of relapse for addiction research
  • 2. Application of chronic extracellular recording method to studies of cocaine self-administration : method and progress
  • 3. Neurochemistry of addiction : monitoring essential neurotransmitters of addiction
  • 4. Alcohol craving and relapse prediction : imaging studies
  • 5. Integrating behavioral and molecular approaches in mouse : self-administration studies
  • 6. Neuroeconomics : implications for understanding the neurobiology of addiction