The Neuroscience of Cocaine: Mechanisms and Treatment

The Neuroscience of Cocaine: Mechanisms and Treatment explores the complex effects of this drug, addressing the neurobiology behind cocaine use and the psychosocial and behavioral factors that impact cocaine use and abuse. This book provides researchers with an up-to-date understanding of the mechanisms behind cocaine use, and aids them in deriving new pharmacological compounds and therapeutic regimens to treat dependency and withdrawal symptoms.

Cocaine is one of the most highly abused illicit drugs worldwide and is frequently associated with other forms of drug addiction and misuse, but researchers are still struggling to understand cocaine’s neuropharmacological profile and the mechanisms of its effects and manifestations at the cognitive level. Cessation of cocaine use can lead to numerous adverse withdrawal conditions, from the cellular and molecular level to the behavioral level of the individual user. Written by worldwide experts in cocaine addiction, this book assists neuroscientists and other addiction researchers in unraveling the many complex facets of cocaine use and abuse.

Contains in each chapter an abstract, key facts, mini dictionary of terms, and summary points to aid in understandingIllustrated in full colorProvides unique full coverage of all aspects of cocaine and its related pathologyProvides researchers with an up-to-date understanding of the mechanisms behind cocaine use, and aids them in deriving new pharmacological compounds and therapeutic regimens to treat dependency and withdrawal symptoms

Part 1. Cocaine, Behavior, and Psychopathological Effects
Part 2. Effects of Cocaine Misuse on Neurological Function and Features
Part 3. Pharmacology and Neuropharmacology
Part 4. Withdrawal and Abstinence
Part 5. Cocaine as a Component of Dual-Use and Polydrug Use or Poly Addictions
Part 6. Cellular Effects and Molecular Biology of Cocaine
Part 7. Treatments for Cocaine Misuse and Dependency and Related Features