UID:
almafu_9959328246402883
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 275 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
ISBN:
9780470029237
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0470029234
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0470029226
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9780470029220
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0470016574
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9780470016572
Series Statement:
Novartis Foundation symposium ; 275
Content:
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.
Note:
Symposium held at the Novartis Foundation, London, 17-19 May 2005.
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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 -- The dopamine D3 system : new opportunities for dopamine-based reward / Christian Heidbreder -- Pathways and systems involved in nicotine dependence / Athina Markou -- Localizing tobacco dependence pathways with functional brain imaging / Arthur L. Brody -- Pharmacogenetic approaches to nicotine dependence treatment / Caryn Lerman -- Pharmacogenomics and smoking cessation / Robert Walton -- What limits the efficacy of current nicotine replacement therapies? / Peter Hajek -- Exploring behavioural mechanisms of nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation / Saul Shiffman, Stuart Ferguson, Deborah Scharf -- Modifying the metabolism of nicotine as a therapeutic strategy / Rachel F. Tyndale, Edward M. Sellers -- Challenges in discovery and development of pharmacotherapies for tobacco addiction / William A. Corrigall.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Symposium on Understanding Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction (2005 : Novartis Foundation). Understanding nicotine and tobacco addiction. Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2006 ISBN 0470016574
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780470016572
Language:
English
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DOI:
10.1002/9780470029237
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470029237
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470029237
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470029237
