Imaging the Addicted Brain [Hardcover]

Imaging the Addicted Brain, the latest volume in the International Review of Neurobiology series will appeal to neuroscientists, clinicians, psychologists, physiologists, and pharmacologists.

Led by an internationally renowned editorial board, this important serial publishes both eclectic volumes made up of timely reviews and thematic volumes that focus on recent progress in a specific area of neurobiology research.

This volume focusses on the imaging of the brain addicted to food, gambling, tobacco, and opiates.

• Offers a unique perspective on how addiction affects the brain
• Covers a broad scope of addictions, including food, gambling, tobacco, and common psychogenic agents with a focus on their effects on the brain
• Focuses on the use of medical imaging methods, especially MRI, to explore and explain addiction in the brain

Preface

1. Imaging the Brain Addicted to Gambling

2. Imaging the Brain Addicted to Tobacco

3. Imaging the Brain Addicted to Opiates

4. Imaging the Brain Addicted to Sex

5. Imaging the Brain Addicted to Alcohol

6. To be confirmed

7. Imaging the Brain Addicted to Marijuana

8. To be confirmed