1st Edition

Advances in the Neuroscience of Addiction

Edited By Cynthia M. Kuhn, George F. Koob Copyright 2010
242 Pages 8 Color & 74 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

242 Pages 8 Color & 74 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

242 Pages
by CRC Press

Understanding the phenomenon of long-lasting vulnerability to addiction is essential to developing successful treatments. Written by an international team of authorities in their respective fields, Advances in the Neuroscience of Addiction provides an excellent overview of the available and emerging approaches used to investigate the biologic mechanisms of drug addiction. It also... Read more

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Biography

Cynthia M. Kuhn, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
George F. Koob, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA

"In short, this volume introduces a host of important advances in the measurement of addictive processes at the genetic, physiological, neural, behavioral and psychological levels, as well as a wide variety of fascinating findings that will certainly play a major future role in both pure research and the pragmatics of treating addiction. Researchers at the forefront of addiction research will certainly want to consider the potential applications of these tools and findings for their own research."
—Metapsychology, 2011