Addiction, Second Edition

Written and edited by experts in the field, this collection provides a comprehensive update on our understanding of the biological basis of and treatment strategies for addiction to psychoactive drugs, with an emphasis on opioids. Contributors examine the molecular targets of alcohol, cannabinoids, nicotine, stimulants, and opioids, the resulting changes to the neurocircuitry, and various genetic, environmental, developmental, and behavioral factors that influence the progression from abuse to addiction and susceptibility to relapse.

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• Authors: Paul J Kenny, Paul J (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) Kenny, Paul J. Kenny, R Christopher Pierce, R. Christopher Pierce, Ellen Unterwald
• Assisted by: R Christopher Pierce (Editor), R Christopher (Rutgers University Robert Wood Johnson Medical School) Pierce (Editor), R Christopher (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Pierce (Editor), R. Christopher Pierce (Editor), Ellen Unterwald (Editor), Ellen (Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University) Unterwald (Editor), Ellen (Lewis Katz School of Medicine Temple University) Unterwald (Editor)
• Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781621823506
• ISBN: 978-1-62182-350-6
• No. of pages: 404
• Dimensions: 183 mm x 257 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 1157 g
• Series: Perspectives Cshl
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Physiologie, Neurowissenschaften, Science, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology, MEDICAL / Neuroscience, MEDICAL / Pain Medicine