Brain Imaging in Substance Abuse - Research, Clinical, and Forensic Applications (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)

The last two decades have seen prodigious growth in the application of brain imaging methods to questions of substance abuse and addiction. Despite considerable advances in our understanding of the central effects of drugs provided by preclinical data, relatively little direct evidence was known of how substances of abuse affect the brain and other eNS processes in humans. Brain imaging techniques have allowed access to the human brain and enabled the asking of questions never before imagined. The positron emission tomography (PET) data ofVolkow and her colleagues in the late 1980s, showing the uptake and time course of cocaine's binding in the human brain, revealed for the first time the distinct sites of action of this drug. This work was extremely important because it showed clearly, through imaging a drug in the brain of a living human, that the time course of its action paralleled the behavioral state of "high. " This study marked a turning point in our understanding of drug-brain-behav ior interactions in humans. Many more investigations of drug effects on the structure and function of the human brain were soon to follow, leading to much better insights into brain systems. Brain imaging allowed for the direct assessment of structural and functional anatomy, biology, and chemistry in substance abusers.

General

Imprint:	HumanaPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Forensic Science and Medicine
Release date:	September 2000
First published:	2001
Editors:	Marc J. Kaufman
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	425
Edition:	2001 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-89603-770-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Medical imaging > General Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Specific disorders & therapies > Addiction & therapy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > Drug addiction & substance abuse
LSN:	0-89603-770-3
Barcode:	9780896037700

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