Glutamate and Addiction - Hardback - 2002

Reviews the role of glutamatergic systems in opiate, stimulant, and alcohol addiction. Using the pharmacological, biochemical, genetic, and brain imaging techniques, this book shows how glutamate affects such addictions and how modifying certain elements of the glutamatergic system appear to alleviate particular components of addiction.
Year of publication: 2002
Pagination: 458 pages, biography
Format: Hardback
Serie: Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience