False Messengers: How Addictive Drugs Change the Brain - Couverture souple

Friedman, David P.; Rusche, Sue; Biswas, Jamie, Ph.D.

 
9789057025150: False Messengers: How Addictive Drugs Change the Brain
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ISBN 10 : 9057025159 ISBN 13 : 9789057025150
Editeur : Taylor & Francis Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

This book provides a scientific explanation of drug abuse and addiction for the general public. It clarifies the meaning of concepts such as intoxication, physical dependence, and addiction, and describes the changes in the brain that underlie these states. Indeed, this volume is unique because it presents a comprehensive picture of what actually happens to people and their brains when they chronically self-administer opiates, stimulants or alcohol. Complex mechanisms of drug action in the brain are made simple and comprehensible to the layman through use of informative analogies and salient graphics. Accounts of the effects of drug use and abuse on normal people create meaningful, easy-to-relate-to examples from everyday life.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book provides a scientific explanation of drug abuse and addiction for the general public. It clarifies the meaning of concepts such as intoxication, physical dependence, and addiction, and describes the changes in the brain that underlie these states. Indeed, this volume is unique because it presents a comprehensive picture of what actually happens to people and their brains when they chronically self-administer opiates, stimulants or alcohol. Complex mechanisms of drug action in the brain are made simple and comprehensible to the layman through use of informative analogies and salient graphics. Accounts of the effects of drug use and abuse on normal people create meaningful, easy-to-relate-to examples from everyday life.

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Éditeur
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9057025159
ISBN 13 
9789057025150
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
234
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  9057025140 ISBN 13 :  9789057025143
Editeur : Harwood Academic (Medical, Refer..., 1999
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