Barry Stimmel

Opiate Receptors, Neurotransmitters, and Drug Dependence

Basic Science-Clinical Correlates

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This important volume bridges the gap between research and daily clinical practice in the area of opiate research and drug dependence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1981
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780866561037
• ISBN-10: 086656103X
• Artikelnr.: 37183020

Autorenporträt

Barry Stimmel

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
The Importance of Science in Clinical Practice
* Current Clinical Concepts of Dependence Tolerance and Withdrawal
* Opiate Receptors and Endorphins: Possible Relevance to Narcotic
Addiction
* Endorphins, Locus Coeruleus, Clonidine, and Lofexidine: A Mechanism
for Opiate Withdrawal and New Nonopiate Treatments
* Alcohol and the Opiate Receptor: Interactions With the Endogenous
Opiates
* Neuro-Endocrine Effects of Opioids
* Opioids and Psychological Disorders
* Selective Guide to Current Reference Sources