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Chapter 11

Clinical Neuroscience by Kelly Lambert and Craig Howard Kinsley. Chapter 11. Drug Addiction. Drug Addiction in Context. Prevalence of Addiction Addiction Across Cultures Heredity Influences in Addiction Considering Addiction in the Context of Evolution.

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Chapter 11

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  1. Clinical Neuroscienceby Kelly Lambert and Craig Howard Kinsley Chapter 11 Drug Addiction

  2. Drug Addiction in Context • Prevalence of Addiction • Addiction Across Cultures • Heredity Influences in Addiction • Considering Addiction in the Context of Evolution

  3. Tracing the Neurobiological Roots of Addiction • Neural Circuits Involved in Establishing Addiction • Role of the nucleus accumbens • Role of the orbitofrontal cortex

  4. Tracing the Neurobiological Roots of Addiction (cont.) • Neurochemistry of Addiction • Dopamine: Primary fuel of addiction • Potential role of acetylcholine

  5. Tracing the Neurobiological Roots of Addiction (cont.) • Craving Response • Craving as a conditioned response • Neural components of the craving response

  6. Stress and Addiction

  7. Therapy for Drug Addiction • Initial Step: Detoxification • Maintaining Abstinence • Vaccination: Therapeutic Shot in the Dark? • Behavioral Therapies for Addiction • Ethical Questions About New Addiction Therapies

  8. Summary

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