This review gives an overview of what we see as the key issues in the human pharmacology
of drugs of addiction. We review evidence of efficacy and mechanisms by which treatments …

This book affords a comprehensive overview of current research on drug addiction and
related disciplines, with topical reviews written by eminent scientists in the field. It was …

At the end of the decade of the brain, the study of neural mechanisms has come to dominate
the study of addiction. Whereas attention was once on somatic withdrawal symptoms and …

The last decade brought a considerable progress in pharmacotherapy of addiction. Basing
on recently gained knowledge of mechanisms of development of addiction and the …

Substance addiction is a chronic, relapsing disorder characterized by a compulsion to take a
substance despite potential consequences. Addiction, second edition offers a clear and …

New insights into the neurobiological mechanisms underlying drug addition have become
available with recent advances in experimental research. This is particularly true for the …

Substance dependence is a major health problem but increasing understanding of its
neurobiology is likely to lead to improved prevention and treatment. Fundamental aspects of …

The final common pathway of addiction (the dopamine hypothesis of reward) has recently
been evolving, with the mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic system now seen as key to natural …

Until recently, much of our knowledge of the neuropharmacology of addiction was derived
from animal studies, but we are now able to study the human brain directly and there is a …

Drug addiction presents as a chronic relapsing disorder characterized by persistent drug‐
seeking and drug‐taking behaviours. Given the significant detrimental effects of this disease …