Neurobiological Studies of Addiction in Chronic Pain States

Using rodent models, this volume explores the basic neurobiology of the relationship among chronic pain, opioid pharmacology, and addiction.

List of contents

Opioid and Non-Opioid Drug Responding Under States of Chronic Pain: A Timeline Spanning 1980 to Present Day.- Opioid Self-Administration in the Presence of Chronic Pain: Analgesia or Addiction.- The Influence of Pain on Reward Processing: Current Literature and Prospects.- Chronic Pain Stimuli Downregulate Mesolimbic Dopaminergic Transmission: Possible Mechanism of the Suppression of Opioid Reward.- Drug Addiction and Chronic Pain: A Review of Animal Models.- Biopharmaceutical Considerations of Opioid Analgesics in Models of Self-Administration: Review and Summary.- Prenatal Exposure to Opioids.- Opioids in an Evidence-Based World.

Summary

Using rodent models, this volume explores the basic neurobiology of the relationship among chronic pain, opioid pharmacology, and addiction.

Product details

• Assisted by: Caroly A Fairbanks (Editor), Carolyn A Fairbanks (Editor), Carolyn A. Fairbanks (Editor), J Martin Ph D (Editor), J Martin Ph D (Editor), Ph.D. Martin (Editor), Thomas J. Martin (Editor), Thomas J. Martin Ph. D. (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9781493951833
• ISBN: 978-1-4939-5183-3
• No. of pages: 132
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 8 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 230 g
• Illustrations: XII, 132 p. 7 illus., 3 illus. in color.
• Series: Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience; Contemporary Clinical Neurosci; Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience; Contemporary Clinical Neurosci
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; B, Neuroscience, Zoology & animal sciences, Pain & pain management, Neurosciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Pain Medicine, Scientific equipment, experiments and techniques, Animal models in research, Animal Models, Experimental Organisms