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This excellent book is a concise yet thorough examination of the
important and emerging field of the study of biological risk
factors in drug abuse. Historically, drug abuse research has
concentrated on the contributions of environmental and behavioral
factors as the major influences on addiction. The revelatory
studies in this volume examine the genetic contributions to drug
taking behavior through the use of animal models, cellular
experiments and human clinical studies. Behavioral and Biochemical
Issues in Substance Abuse provides for the first time in one
volume, up-to-date, easily digested reviews of topics concerning
biological and genetic factors in drug abuse. Medical researchers
in all areas of alcoholism and drug abuse, researchers in
pharmacology, psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience, and
clinicians interested in biological approaches to alcoholism and
drug abuse problems will benefit greatly from this valuable
resource. Authoritative contributors clearly demonstrate the
capability of genetic factors to modulate the reinforcing or
rewarding effects of drugs, thereby altering their addictive
potential. In addition to gaining comprehension of the biological
factors affecting addiction, a greater understanding of genetics
related to drug abuse will enable future research to control
biological factors, leading to more accurate studies of behavioral
and environmental influences on drug and alcohol abuse.
This excellent book is a concise yet thorough examination of the
important and emerging field of the study of biological risk
factors in drug abuse. Historically, drug abuse research has
concentrated on the contributions of environmental and behavioral
factors as the major influences on addiction. The revelatory
studies in this volume examine the genetic contributions to drug
taking behavior through the use of animal models, cellular
experiments and human clinical studies. Behavioral and Biochemical
Issues in Substance Abuse provides for the first time in one
volume, up-to-date, easily digested reviews of topics concerning
biological and genetic factors in drug abuse. Medical researchers
in all areas of alcoholism and drug abuse, researchers in
pharmacology, psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience, and
clinicians interested in biological approaches to alcoholism and
drug abuse problems will benefit greatly from this valuable
resource. Authoritative contributors clearly demonstrate the
capability of genetic factors to modulate the reinforcing or
rewarding effects of drugs, thereby altering their addictive
potential. In addition to gaining comprehension of the biological
factors affecting addiction, a greater understanding of genetics
related to drug abuse will enable future research to control
biological factors, leading to more accurate studies of behavioral
and environmental influences on drug and alcohol abuse.
The riddle of the biochemical nature of drug dependence of the
opiate type has stimulated many studies directed toward
understanding the molecular basis of the action of opiates, and,
particularly, the phenomena of tolerance, physical dependence, and
drug-seeking behavior-phenomena exhibited by man and experimental
animals exposed persistently to these drugs. The results of these
studies provided a substantial body of information which has been
published in the scientific and medical literature. The purely
pharma cological responses in man and animals to the opiates have
been described and evaluated in many monographs and text-books of
pharmacology. However, there is no single source for specific and
detailed information on the responses of the body and its tissues
to narcotic analgesic drugs at the level of biochemical
pharmacology; that is, the molecular history of the drug in the
body and the biochemical consequences of its presence in tissue.
This volume has been prepared in an effort to repair the
deficiency. Two factors have contributed a special urgency to
making this infor mation available in convenient form: (1) the
current need for a better under standing of the biochemical
mechanisms underlying addiction to narcotic drugs, and (2) the
progress made in molecular biology which promises that significant
advances in the elucidation of fundamental processes in the central
nervous system and their drug-induced aberrations may soon be
possible."
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