Drug dependence and emotional behavior : neurphysiological and neurochemical approaches


edited by A. V. Valdman ; translated by : L. R. Sandler ; translation edited by M. Sandler
Bok Engelsk 1986 A.V. Valdman
Utgitt
New York : Consultants bureau , c1986
Omfang
495 s. : diagr., tab.
Opplysninger
Originaltexten på tyska. - Psychophysiological behavior and pharmacological aspects. Combined method for evaluating emotional states and individual response of cats under conditions of social interaction. Hereditary traits af animals with different types os reaction to stress and benzodiazepine tranquilizers. Qualitative and quantitative assessment of benzodiazepine action on emotional/behavioral responsiveness. Psychophysiological and neurochemical analysis of benzodiazepine tranquilizers' activating effect. Peptidergic and neurochemical aspects. Neurotransmitter and peptidergic mechanisms of intraspecies aggression and sociability. Psychotropic effect of tuftsin, a natural phagocytosis-stimulating peptide, and some of its analogs. Monoaminergic mechanisms of psychotropic action of short peptides. The GABA system as a factor in adaptation and pharmacological treatment of stress. Analysis of dopamine receptor supersensitivity after chronic neuroleptic treatment inrats. Neuroleptic - allosteric tyrosine hydroxylase regulators. Drug dependece. Psychophysiological and genetic factors responsible for alcohol and morphine dependence in animals. The role of catecholamines in the formation and maintenance of susceptibility to alcohol. The importance of some CNS peptides in the development of experimental alcoholism. Endocrine factors in the pathogenesis of experimentally-induced alcoholism. The role of reward and punishment brain systems in the development of drug dependence.
Emner
ISBN
0306109840

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