Cocaine abuse
Subtitle: behavior, pharmacology, and clinical applications
By: [edited by] Stephen T. Higgins, Jonathan L. Katz.
Contributors: Higgins, Stephen T.; Katz, Jonathan L.
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 445
Subjects: Cocaine abuse -- Pathophysiology.; Cocaine abuse -- Treatment.; Cocaine -- Psychological aspects.; Behavior -- drug effects.; Cocaine.; Cocaine -- pharmacology.; Cocaine-Related Disorders -- therapy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Basic pharmacological mechanisms of cocaine; title: Neuroanatomical bases of the reinforcing stimulus effects of cocaine; title: Behavioral pharmacology of cocaine and the determinants of abuse liability; title: Behavioral-environmental determinants of the reinforcing functions of cocaine; title: Tolerance and sensitization to cocaine: an integrated view; title: Preclinical evaluation of pharmacotherapies for cocaine abuse; title: Prenatal exposure to cocaine; title: Cocaine self-administration research: implications for rational pharmacotherapy; title: Evaluation of potential pharmacotherapies: response to cocaine challenge in the human laboratory; title: Controlled laboratory studies on the effects of cocaine in combination with other commonly abused drugs in humans; title: Cocaine effects on brain function; title: Contribution of genetic factors in cocaine and other drug abuse; title: Vulnerability to cocaine abuse; title: Treating cocaine abuse: what does research tell us?; title: Treatment of cocaine abuse in methadone maintenance patients; title: Relapse to cocaine use; title: Cocaine legalization: designing the experiments.