Open Directory - Science: Biology: Neurobiology: Addiction
See also: - This is the entire content (text and figures) of a textbook that was entitled 'Principles of Behavioral Pharmacology'. The authors are professors at Rutgers and Drew Universities in New Jersey. - Information from Wikipedia on this condition which involves the excessive physical or psychological dependence on something. - Articles and health studies about addiction and alcoholism, including the most recent scientific and medical findings. - Free online books, journals. The best collection on intervention techniques, substance abuse, recovery, relapse prevention, sobriety. - Article exploring recent scientific evidence that alcohol affects adolescents and adults differently, and discussing findings regarding adolescent brain development. - Peer-reviewed, international journal that publishes original research and review articles on preclinical and clinical aspects of psychopharmacology, the study of the effects of substances on the brain. - Comprehensive web-site with research and treatment reports and news. Includes a site for teachers and students with educational materials. Fact sheets on drug abuse, including the most recent economic costs report. - For the layperson interested in the science behind addiction: and in the brain in general. Current topics include: Nicotine and the brain, Addictions path, the brains stash, and the opiate receptor. - Drug Discrimination is widely recognised as one of the major methods for studying the behavioral and neuropharmacological effects of drugs and plays an important role in drug discovery and investigations of drug abuse. This page provides access to Dr. Ian Stolerman's ongoing Comprehensive Bibliography of Drug Discrimination Research. Search bibliography for combinations of training drug, pretreatment drug, methodology. - Undertakes research into the molecular basis of addiction and schizophrenia to create new clinically relevant diagnostic tools and treatments.
