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This volume features expert, refereed reviews of timely topics in each of the areas relevant to addiction science and clinical practice to aid researchers and practitioners interested in addictions. Authors from the United States, EU, Asia and elsewhere provide an international perspective on the problems and practices. Specifically, this volume: - focuses on topics that are relevant to specific substances but also provides important lessons for addiction to all substances - provides reviews that are aimed to be useful to specialists in the field and as useful to students as the first criterion allows. NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas. ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to the Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit http://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspx for more information about becoming a member.

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Author:   George R. Uhl (NIDA, NIH, Baltimore, MD)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.50cm
Weight:   0.835kg
ISBN:  

9781573317672

ISBN 10:   1573317675
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   20 April 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction to Addiction reviews 2 / by George R. Uhl 1 Preface to Addiction reviews 2 / by George F. Koob 3 Part I. Medications for addiction and relevant neurotransmitter systems. Current perspectives on selective dopamine D3 receptor antagonists as pharmacotherapeutics for addictions and related disorders / by Christian A. Heidbreder and Amy H. Newman 4 Cocaine-induced neuroadaptations in glutamate transmission : potential therapeutic targets for craving and addiction / by Heath D. Schmidt and R. Christopher Pierce 35 Agonist-like pharmacotherapy for stimulant dependence : preclinical, human laboratory, and clinical studies / by David V. Herin, Craig R. Rush and John Grabowski 76 Part II. Drug and HIV toxicities Amphetamine toxicities : classical and emerging mechanisms / by Bryan K. Yamamoto, Anna Moszczynska and Gary A. Gudelsky 101 Human immunodeficiency virus-associated neurocognitive disorder : pathophysiology in relation to drug addiction / by Avindra Nath 122 Part III. Physiology. Synaptic plasticity in the mesolimbic system : therapeutic implications for substance abuse / by Billy T. Chen, F. Woodward Hopf and Antonello Bonci 129 Electrophysiological correlates of abused drugs : relation to natural rewards / by Sam A. Deadwyler 140 Part IV. Imaging. Neurochemistry of drug action : insights from proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging and their relevance to addiction / by Stephanie C. Licata and Perry F. Renshaw 148 Part V. Development. Cocaine addiction in mothers : potential effects on maternal care and infant development / by Lane Strathearn and Linda C. Mayes 172 Part VI. Genetics. Search for genetic markers and functional variants involved in the development of opiate and cocaine addiction and treatment / by Vadim Yuferov [and others] 184 Addictions and their familiality in Iceland / by Thorarinn Tyrfingsson [and others] 208 Transgenic mice in the study of drug addiction and the effects of psychostimulant drugs / by Ichiro Sora [and others] 218 Part VII. Behavioral mechanisms. Conditioned taste aversion learning : implications for animal models of drug abuse / by Catherine M. Davis and Anthony L. Riley 247 Part VIII. Comorbidity. The strong relationship between bipolar and substance-use disorder : mechanisms and treatment implications / by Alan C. Swann 276 Part IX. Nonsubstance addictions. Shared brain vulnerabilities open the way for nonsubstance addictions : carving addiction at a new joint? / by Joseph Frascella [and others] 294 Part X. Molecules for addiction. Regulation of the dopamine transporter : aspects relevant to psychostimulant drugs of abuse / by Kyle C. Schmitt and Maarten E.A. Reith 316 Regulator of G protein-signaling proteins and addictive drugs / by John Traynor 341 Part XI. Epidemiology. Novel phenotype issues raised in cross-national epidemiological research on drug dependence / by James C. (Jim) Anthony 353 Part XII. Places and institutions. Office of National Drug Control Policy: A scientist in drug policy in Washington, DC / by Bertha K. Madras. 370 

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