Animal Models for Medications Screening to Treat Addiction [Hardcover]

Animal Models for Medications Screening to Treat Addiction, the latest volume in the International Review of Neurobiology series, provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art research on the topic. It reviews the current knowledge and understanding in the field, presenting a starting point for researchers and practitioners entering the field.

• Brings together information on the current state of medication development for drug addiction using animal models
• Contains comprehensive descriptions of various models associated with many forms of drug addiction
• Adds new information for translational research in the field of drug addiction

1. Animal models of Methamphetamine-abuse to screen pharamcotherapeutic interventions for addiction

2. Identification of treatment targets in a genetic mouse model of voluntary methamphetamine drinking

3. Animal models for screening drugs to treat cannabis dependence: a translational perspective

4. Rodent models to screen clinically-effective smoking cessation agents

5. An Animal Model of Alcohol Dependence to Screen Medications for Treating Alcoholism

6. Variance in Ethanol Intake and Its Correlates Among Wistar Rats from Different Vendors: Its Impact on Medications Screening to Treat Alcohol Abuse and Dependence

7. Rat Lines Genetically Selected to Develop High Alcohol-Consuming Behavior and Dependence: Behaviol>