Addiction - 2nd Edition

Zusatztext Well-written and concise text about addiction ... This is a good introduction to complex subject matter. Informationen zum Autor David J. Nutt is currently the Edmond J. Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology and director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London. Liam J. Nestor is currently a Research Fellow at the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London. Klappentext Addiction, second edition is a succint guide to the brain science underpinning substance addiction.Highly Commended in the Psyschiatry category at the BMA Book Awards 2019 Zusammenfassung Addiction, second edition is a succint guide to the brain science underpinning substance addiction. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: What is addiction? 2: Burden of addiction 3: Key elements of addiction 4: Neurobiological processes in addiction 5: Drug pharmacokinetics and abuse liability 6: Pharmacodynamics of addictive substances 7: The dopamine system and addiction 8: The GABA system and addiction 9: The glutamate system and addiction 10: The opioid system and addiction 11: Nicotine addiction 12: Appetite hormones and addiction 13: Conclusion and overview

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• Authors: Liam J. Nestor, Liam J. (Research Fellow Nestor, David Nutt, David J. Nutt, David J. (The Edmond J Safra Chair in Neurop Nutt, David J. (The Edmond J Safra Chair in Neuropsychopharmacology Nutt
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.2018
• EAN: 9780198797746
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879774-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Oxford Psychiatry Library Series; C OPL T OXFORD PSYCHIATRY LIBR; Oxford Psychiatry Library; Oxford Psychiatry Library Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction, Psychiatry, Addiction & therapy, Addiction and therapy, Psychopharmacology