Research Catalog

Title

Pharmacological aspects of drug dependence : toward an integrated neurobehavioral approach / contributors, R.L. Balster [and others] ; editors, Charles R. Schuster and Michael J. Kuhar.

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer, 1996.

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Additional Authors

• Balster, Robert L.
• Kuhar, Michael J.
• Schuster, Charles R.

Description

xxv, 658 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; v. 118

Uniform Title

Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; v. 118.

Subjects

• Substance-Related Disorders > genetics
• Drugs of abuse
• Behavior, Addictive
• Pharmacokinetics
• Brain > physiology
• Drug Therapy
• Nerve Tissue > chemistry
• Drug abuse
• Neuropsychopharmacology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Genetic Vulnerability to Substance Abuse / R. W. Pickens, G. I. Elmer, M. C. LaBuda and G. R. Uhl -- Ch. 2. Integrative Neurobehavioral Pharmacology: Focus on Cocaine / M. J. Kuhar and C. R. Schuster -- Ch. 3. Marihuana / D. R. Compton, L. S. Harris, A. H. Lichtman and B. R. Martin -- Ch. 4. Cocaine / M. W. Fischman and C.-E. Johanson -- Ch. 5. Opioid Analgesics / L. Dykstra -- Ch. 6. Phencyclidine: A Drug of Abuse and a Tool for Neuroscience Research / R. L. Balster and J. Willetts -- Ch. 7. Benzodiazepine Discontinuation Syndromes: Clinical and Experimental Aspects / L. G. Miller and D. J. Greenblatt -- Ch. 8. Nicotine / J. E. Henningfield, R. M. Keenan and P. B. S. Clarke -- Ch. 9. Caffeine Reinforcement, Discrimination, Tolerance and Physical Dependence in Laboratory Animals and Humans / R. R. Griffiths and G. K. Mumford -- Ch. 10. Classical Hallucinogens / R. A. Glennon -- Ch. 11. Alcohol / B. Tabakoff, K. Hellevuo and P. L. Hoffman --
• Ch. 12. Pharmacotherapy of Addiction: Introduction and Principles / F. R. Levin and H. D. Kleber -- Ch. 13. Development of Medications for Addictive Disorders / F. I. Vocci -- Ch. 14a. Long-Term Pharmacotherapy for Opiate (Primarily Heroin) Addiction: Opioid Agonists / M. J. Kreek -- Ch. 14b. Long-Term Pharmacotherapy for Opiate (Primarily Heroin) Addiction: Opioid Antagonists and Partial Agonists / M. J. Kreek -- Ch. 15. Pharmacotherapy of Nicotine Dependence / J. R. Hughes -- Ch. 16. Pharmacotherapies for Cocaine Dependence / E. A. Wallace and T. R. Kosten.

ISBN

3540589899 (hardcover)

LCCN

95036826

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries