Screen LibraryUnderstanding nicotine and tobacco addiction
Covers the basic issues concerning the nature of the worldwide health problem posed by cigarette smoking. Exploring the psychoydnamics of cigarette addiction, this book reviews the pharmacology and biochemistry of nicotine and its effect on the brain. Italso covers various approaches to therapy, and...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Novartis Foundation symposium ;
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| Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470029237 |
| Summary: |
Covers the basic issues concerning the nature of the worldwide health problem posed by cigarette smoking. Exploring the psychoydnamics of cigarette addiction, this book reviews the pharmacology and biochemistry of nicotine and its effect on the brain. Italso covers various approaches to therapy, and discusses how best to treat nicotine addiction. |
| Item Description: | Symposium held at the Novartis Foundation, London, 17-19 May 2005. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (viii, 275 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780470029237 0470029234 0470029226 9780470029220 |
| Index Number: | RC567 |
| CLC: | R163 |
| Contents: | The hazards of smoking and the benefits of stopping / Richard Peto, Richard Doll -- Animal models for nicotine dependence / Ian Stolerman -- Defining and assessing nicotine dependence in humans / Robert West -- Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor functions in the CNS investigated with a novel method of stereotaxic gene re-expression in knockout mice / Uwe Maskos, Sylvie Granon, Philippe Faure, Jean-Pierre Changeux -- Nicotine-mediated activation of signal transduction pathways / Marina R. Picciotto -- Complementary roles for the accumbal shell and core in nicotine dependence / David Balfour -- |