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Neuroscience for Addiction Medicine: From Prevention to Rehabilitation - Constructs and Drugs

This volume provides a comprehensive review of the most recent progress in addiction research, with particular emphasis on potential applications in a clinical setting

Hamed Ekhtiari (Volume editor), Martin Paulus (Volume editor)

9780444635457, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 14 January 2016

348 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.5 cm, 0.68 kg

"...a notable work and an important reference for those in this field. It is also an invaluable resource for those interested in developing a better understanding of this highly complicated subject. Score: 98 - 5 Stars!" --Doody's

Neuroscience for Addiction Medicine: From Prevention to Rehabilitation: Constructs and Drugs is the latest volume from Progress in Brain Research focusing on new trends and developments in addiction research. This established international series examines major areas of basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as popular emerging subfields such as addiction. This volume takes an integrated approach to review and summarize some of the most recent progress from the subfield of addiction research, with particular emphasis on potential applications in a clinical setting.

Part 1: Neuroscience Constructs for Addiction Medicine 1. Neuroscience of resilience and vulnerability for addiction medicine: From genes to behavior 2. Drug-induced neurotoxicity in addiction medicine: From prevention to harm reduction 3. Stress psychobiology in the context of addiction medicine: from drugs of abuse to behavioral addictions 4. Reinforcement principles for addiction medicine; from recreational drug use to psychiatric disorder 5. Neuroscience of attentional processes for addiction medicine: from brain mechanisms to practical considerations 6. Neuroscience of learning and memory for addiction medicine: from habit formation to memory reconsolidation 7. Neuroscience of drug craving for addiction medicine: From circuits to therapies 8. Response inhibition and addiction medicine: from use to abstinence 9. Neuroscience of inhibition for addiction medicine: from prediction of initiation to prediction of relapse

Part 2: Drugs and Behaviours for Addiction Medicine 10. Neuroscience of nicotine for addiction medicine: novel targets for smoking cessation medications 11. Neuroscience of alcohol for addiction medicine: Neurobiological targets for prevention and intervention in adolescents 12: Neuroscience of opiates for addiction medicine: From stress-responsive systems to behavior 13. Opioid neuroscience for addiction medicine: From animal models to FDA approval for alcohol addiction 14. Competing neurobehavioral decision systems theory of cocaine addiction: From mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities 15. Clinical neuroscience of amphetamine-type stimulants: From basic science to treatment development 16. Behavioral addictions in addiction medicine: from mechanisms to practical considerations 17. Neural systems implicated in obesity as an addictive disorder: from biological to behavioral mechanisms

Subject Areas: Addiction & therapy [MMZR], Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology [JMM]

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