Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Endorphins, gene polymorphisms, stress responsivity, and special addiction: selected topics / M.J. Kreek -- Addition genetics and genomics / G. Uhl -- Catechol-o-methyltransferase genotype, intermediate phenotype, and psychiatric disorders / D. Goldman and K. Xu -- Identifying genes affecting addiction risk in animal models / J. Crabbe -- Imaging the addicted brain / N. Volkow ... [et al.] -- Neurotoxin effects of drug of abuse: imaging and mechanisms / D. Wong -- Development of the midbrain dopaminergic pathways / M. Cooper and R. Zhou -- Transporter structure and function / G. Rudnick -- Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and nicotine dependence / A. Tapper, R. Nashmi, and H. Lester -- Opioids as a model for cell biological studies or addictive drug action / M. von Zastrow and C. Evans -- Receptor-receptor interactions modulate opioid receptor function / I. Gomers and L. Devi -- The endocannabinoid systeml from cell biology to therapy / D. Piomelli -- Cocaine neurobiology: from targets to treatment / B. Madras -- The oligomerization of G-protein-coupled receptors / M. Kong, B. O'Dowd, and S. George -- The critical role of adenosine A2a receptors and GI-subunits in alcoholism and addiction: from cell biology to behavior / I. Diamond and L. Yao -- Vesicular and membrane transporters / R. Edwards -- Synaptic vesicle trafficking and drug addiction in synapsin triple knockout mice / D. Gitler ... [et al.] -- Synaptic plasticity in the mesolimbic dopamine system and addiction / D. Saal and R. Malenka -- Long-term memory storage in aplysia / J. Schwartz -- Molecular mechanisms of drug addiction / E. Nestler -- Dynamic analyses of neural representations using the state-space modeling paradigm / E. Brown and R. Barbieri -- Quantitative functional genomics and proteoimics of drug abuse / W. Freeman and K. Vrana -- Index.
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