Bibliograph

Drugs of abuse, pharmacology and molecular mechanisms, Sherrel G. Howard, Ph. D., Molecular and Medical Pharmacology and Child Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles

Type

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Drugs of abuse, pharmacology and molecular mechanisms, Sherrel G. Howard, Ph. D., Molecular and Medical Pharmacology and Child Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Drugs of abuse

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

863632734

Responsibility statement

Sherrel G. Howard, Ph. D., Molecular and Medical Pharmacology and Child Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles

Sub title

pharmacology and molecular mechanisms

Summary

Drugs of Abuse: Pharmacology and Molecular Mechanisms opens with a brief history of drug use and abuse. Subsequent sections look at specific families of drugs, including stimulants, depressants, and hallucinogens among others, and explores how their chemical make-up interacts with brain functions. The final chapter provides a brief overview of clincal substance abuse treatement. -- from back cover

Table Of Contents

Part I. Stimulants : Biochemistry of neurotransmission -- Amphetamine and amphetamine analogs -- Cocaine -- Part II. Depressants, sedative hypnotics, and anxiolytics : Benzodiazepines and barbiturates -- Part III. Dissociative anesthetics : Phencyclidine and ketamine -- Gamma hydroxybutyrate -- Part IV. Analgesics : Morphine and morphine analogs / Carlos Cepeda -- Part V. Hallucinogens : Lysergic acid diethylamide and mescaline -- Marijuana -- Inhalants and miscellaneous drugs -- Part VI. Recovery and relapse : Treatment and recovery programs / Mark DeAntonio

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