International contributors review the latest methods for understanding the neurobiology of drug addiction and the latest research on addiction treatment in this compendium for graduate
students, postdoctoral fellows, and researchers. Chapter topics include animal models of relapse, monitoring neurotransmitters of addiction, the use of imaging in studying alcohol craving and
relapse prediction, and application of the chronic-extracellular recording method to studies of cocaine self-administration. The science of neuroeconomics is introduced, a field that integrates
ethology, economics, and neuroscience to study the neural mechanisms underlying reward, punishment, and decision making. B&w images and illustrations are included. Kuhn teaches in the
Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology at Duke University Medical Center. Koob is chair of the Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders at The Scripps Research Institute.
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