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Understanding drugs and behaviour /
- Title
- Understanding drugs and behaviour / Andrew Parrott ... [et al].
- Publication
- Chichester, West Sussex, Eng. ; Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, c2004.
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- Additional Authors
- Parrott, Andrew.
- Description
- xii, 320 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-289) and index.
- Contents
- Drugs and their actions -- Psychoactive drugs: introduction and overview -- The brain, neurones and neurotransmission -- Principles of drug action -- Non-medical use of psychoactive drugs -- CNS stimulants: amphetamine, cocaine, and caffeine -- Nicotine and cigarette smoking -- LSD and ecstasy/MDMA -- Cannabis -- Heroin and opiates -- CNS depressants: alcohol, barbituates, and benzodiazepines -- Alcoholism and drug dependency -- Clinical and medicinal use of drugs -- Antipsychotics for schizophrenia -- Antidepressants and mood stabilizers -- Nootropics for Alzheimer's disease -- Cognitive enhancers -- Final overview -- Current knowledge and future possibilities.
- ISBN
- 0471986402 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0470850590 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004000221
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library