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Drug Addiction: From Basic Research to Therapy Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008 Edition
Author(s): Rao S. Rapaka (Editor), Wolfgang Sadée
- Publisher: Springer
- Publication Date: 25 Nov. 2010
- Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
- Language: English
- Print length: 805 pages
- ISBN-10: 1441926321
- ISBN-13: 9781441926326
Book Description
Drug Addiction: From Basic Research to Therapy provides a comprehensive overview of physiological, biochemical, and genetic pathways underlying drug addiction, and resultant efforts to develop novel treatment strategies dealing with drug addiction and other CNS disorders where the neurophysiological processes overlap, such as treatment of pain. Based on the AAPS-NIDA Frontiers in Science Symposium “Drug Addiction: From Basic Research to Therapies,” this volume, representing focuses on the translation of fundamental addiction research to a variety of treatments, bringing together scientists with widely ranging expertise in synthetic and computational chemistry, molecular biology, genetics, and neuroscience with researchers in drug discovery and development, drug targeting, and quantitative therapeutics.
Editorial Reviews
Review
From the reviews:
“This book grew out of a symposium entitled ‘Frontiers in Science: Drug Addiction–From Basic Research to Therapies’ held at the end of 2004. … The book is composed of 44 chapters, all concerned with basic science research relevant to drug dependence. … even for basic scientists this book is best approached as one where at most a few chapters may be of interest to any researcher … in drug addiction.” (Jason White, Drug And Alcohol Review, Vol. 28, July, 2009)
From the Back Cover
Drug Addiction: From Basic Research to Therapy provides a comprehensive overview of physiological, biochemical, genetic and behavioral pathways underlying drug addiction. Focusing on fundamental neurophysiological processes that overlap between drug addiction and other CNS disorders, this volume covers the translation of basic research into novel therapies, not only of drug addiction but a spectrum of related CNS disorders, including pain. Chapters are written by leading scientists with widely ranging expertise in synthetic and computational chemistry, molecular biology, genetics, neurosciences, drug discovery and development, drug targeting, and quantitative therapeutics, providing an unprecedented overview of a complex field of high societal signficance.
