BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE OF DRUG ADDICTION

By J. LITAD

CONTENTS PART I PRECLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE NEUROPLASTIC ALTERATIONS IN THE LIMBIC SYSTEM FOLLOWING COCAINE OR ALCOHOL EXPOSURE DOPAMINE SIGNALING IN THE NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS OF ANIMALS SELF-ADMINISTERING DRUGS OF ABUSE AMYGDALA MECHANISMS OF PAVLOVIAN PSYCHOSTIMULANT CONDITIONING AND RELAPSE PREFRONTAL CORTICAL REGULATION OF DRUG SEEKING IN ANIMAL MODELS OF DRUG RELAPSE NEURAL SUBSTRATES OF PSYCHOSTIMULANT WITHDRAWAL-INDUCED ANHEDONIA SENSITIZATION PROCESSES IN DRUG ADDICTION PART II CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE IMAGING RECEPTOR CHANGES IN HUMAN DRUG ABUSERS IMAGING NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE BY DRUGS OF ABUSE IMAGING COGNITIVE DE?CITS IN DRUG ABUSE NEURAL MARKERS OF GENETIC VULNERABILITY TO DRUG ADDICTION THE ROLE OF EXECUTIVE CONTROL IN HUMAN DRUG ADDICTION THE BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS OF DRUG DEPENDENCE: TOWARDS THE CONSILIENCE OF ECONOMICS AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE NOVEL PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT