1st Edition

Methods in Drug Abuse Research Cellular and Circuit Level Analyses

Edited By Barry D. Waterhouse Copyright 2002
296 Pages 84 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

296 Pages
by CRC Press

The field of drug addiction and substance abuse, which was initially confined to behavioral studies, has broadened dramatically. It now includes a vast array of cellular and molecular approaches as well as sophisticated electrophysiological and neurochemical methodologies that bridge the gap between cellular/molecular events and behavior. In many cases, these techniques are used to clarify and... Read more
Overview, Barry D. Waterhouse and Laura L. Peoples

Self-Administration of Drugs of Abuse, Steven I. Dworkin and Dustin J. Stairs

Application of In Vivo Microdialysis Methods to the Study of Psychomotor Stimulant Drugs, Michael H. Baumann and John J. Rutter

In Vivo Voltammetry in Drug Abuse Research, Michael F. Salvatore, Alexander F. Hoffman, Jason J. Burmeister and Greg A. Gehrhardt

Extracellular Single Unit Recording Strategies for Investigating the Actions of Drugs of Abuse in Anesthetized Animals, Barry D. Waterhouse

Application of Many-Neuron Microelectrode Array Recording to the Study of Reward-Seeking Behavior, Patricia H. Janak

Application of Chronic Extracellular Recording to Studies of Drug Self-Administration, Laura L. Peoples

Determination of Drug Actions on Multiple Simultaneously Recorded Neurons across Functionally Connected Networks, David M. Devilbiss and Barry D. Waterhouse

Pharmacological Investigations of Neural Mechanisms Underlying Amphetamine-Like Stimulant-Induced Arousal: Involvement of Noradrenergic Systems, Craig W. Berridge

Biography

Barry D. Waterhouse

"The book is written by credible authorities in the field of neurotoxicology…The references are up-to-date, the text concise, the pictures of excellent quality, and the graphs very handy. This is an important book for any neuropsychiatry or neurology library."
-Celso Agner, M.Sc., M.D., Albany Medical Center

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