Drugs of Abuse

Drugs of Abuse edited by Leslie Iversen.

Underlying the design of the Handbook of Psychopharmacology is a prejudice that the study of drug influences on the mind has advanced to a stage where basic research and clinical application truly mesh. These later volumes of the Handbook are structured according to this conception. In certain volum...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Iversen, Leslie (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1978.
Edition:1st ed. 1978.
Series:Handbook of Psychopharmacology
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Psychology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Drug Self-Administration: An Analysis of the Reinforcing Effects of Drugs
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Methods of Self-Administration
  • 3. Establishing Drugs as Reinforcers
  • 4. Characteristics of Self-Administration
  • 5. Drugs Not Self-Administered
  • 6. Factors Influencing Self-Administration
  • 7. Elimination of Self-Administration
  • 8. Conclusions
  • 9. References
  • 2 Analgesics and Their Antagonists: Structure-Activity Relationships
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Alkaloids Derived from Opium, and Their Derivatives
  • 3. Pethidines
  • 4. Methadones
  • 5. Miscellaneous Analgesics
  • 6. Complex Morphine Derivatives: The “M” Series
  • 7. Morphinans
  • 8. Benzomorphans
  • 9. Structure-Activity: Theory
  • 10. References
  • 3 Opiates: Human Psychopharmacology
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Opiate Metabolism
  • 3. Behavioral and General Subjective Effects (Activating Effects, Sedating Effects, and Somatic Effects)
  • 4. Effects of Opiates on Mood
  • 5. Pain and Analgesia
  • 6. Other Pharmacological Actions of Opiates
  • 7. Chronic Administration of Opiates
  • 8. Classification of Opiates from Human Studies
  • 9. References
  • 4 Sedative-Hypnotics: Animal Pharmacology
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Axons
  • 3. Synapses
  • 4. Postsynaptic Membranes
  • 5. Correlation of Barbiturate Anesthesia with Slow-Wave Sleep
  • 6. Excitatory Actions of Barbiturates
  • 7. Conclusions
  • 8. References
  • 5 Alcohol and Human Behavior
  • 1. Alcohol: The Drug
  • 2. Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Addiction
  • 3. Behavioral Effects of Alcohol
  • 4. Conclusions
  • 5. References
  • 6 Cannabis: Structure-Activity Relationships
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Naturally Occurring Cannabinoids
  • 3. Synthetic Cannabinoids
  • 4. Summary and Conclusions
  • 5. References
  • 7 Marihuana: Human Effects
  • 1. Acute Effects
  • 2. Cannabis and Psychopathology
  • 3. Chronic Effects
  • 4. References.

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