International Research Conference on Biomedical Approaches to Illicit Drug Demand Reduction
By: edited by Christine R. Hartel
Contributors: Hartel, Christine R., 1947-; National Institute on Drug Abuse; United States. Department of State. Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Series: NIH publication -- no. 93-3698; NIH publication -- no. 93-3698.
Publisher: National Institute on Drug Abuse; For sale by the U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Rockville, MD]; Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780160429088
Subjects: Pharmacology; Substance-Related Disorders; Drug abuse; Neuropsychopharmacology; Physiopathology; Congresses; Drug therapy; Physiological aspects
Other titles: Biomedical approaches to illicit drug demand reduction
Notes: "Proceedings of the conference held Feb. 23-26, 1992, and sponsored jointly by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse [and] U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs."
Table of contents: title: Keynote speech : brain research for today and tomorrow : recent advances and research frontiers / Floyd E. Bloom; title: The relentless search for endogenous morphine / Sydney Spector; title: A natural history of drug abuse / Charles R. Schuster; title: Introduction to the brain : a primer on structure and function of the brain's reward circuitry / David P. Friedman; title: How cocaine interacts with brain receptors to affect behavior / Roger D. Spealman ; Discussant and discussion / Chris-Ellyn Johanson; title: Opiates : a history of opiates and their use in treatment / Louis S. Harris; title: Neurobehavioral basis for the abuse of marijuana, phencyclidine, and inhalants / Robert L. Balster ; Discussant and discussion / James H. Woods; title: Interactive systems : the effects of drugs of abuse on interacting bodily systems / Martin W. Adler ; Discussant and discussion / R. Alan North; title: Neurotoxicity : the effects of stimulant drugs on brain neurons / George A. Ricaurte ; Discussant and discussion / Lewis Seiden; title: Pharmacology : the use of medications in treating drug addiction / Charles P. O'Brien ; Discussant and discussion / Mary Jeanne Kreek; title: Effects of drugs of abuse on mother and fetus / James R. Woods, Jr. ; Discussant and discussion / Loretta Finnegan; title: Presentation / Richard J. Smith; title: Why clone? The utility of the methods of molecular biology in drug abuse research / Huda Akil ; Discussant and discussion / Michael J. Kuhar; title: Seeing the brain : the role of PET, autoradiography, and other imaging techniques / Edythe D. London; title: The Human Brain Project : mapping and modeling brain structures, functions, connections, pharmacology, and molecular biology / Stephen H. Koslow; title: International collaboration and exchange : opportunities for training and research / Richard A. Lindblad; title: International collaboration and exchange : opportunities for training and research / Martin Prochnik; title: Conference summary : drug addiction, a chronic treatable disease Martin W. Adler [and others].