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• Title:The addicted brain : why we abuse drugs, alcohol, and nicotine / Michael J. Kuhar.
  
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• Author/Creator:Kuhar, Michael J.
  
• Published/Created:Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press, 2012.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WM270 .K96a 2012
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Substance abuse--Pathophysiology.
  Brain.
  
• Medical Subjects: Substance-Related Disorders--physiopathology.
  
• Edition:1st ed.
  
• Description:xiii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:"Addiction destroys lives. In The Addicted Brain, a leading neuroscientist explains how and why this happens--and presents advances in treatment and prevention. Using breathtaking brain imagery and other research, Michael Kuhar, Ph. D., shows the powerful, long-term brain changes that drugs can cause, revealing why it can be so difficult for addicts to escape their grip."--P. [4] of jacket.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
  
• ISBN:9780132542500 (hardback : alk. paper)
  0132542501 (hardback : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 What's in This Book, and Why Should I Read It?
  ch. 2 Hardwired: What Animals Tell Us About the Human Desire for Drugs
  ch. 3 Feeling Good: The Brain's Own Reward System
  ch. 4 ABCs of Drug Action in the Brain
  ch. 5 Dark Side Develops!
  ch. 6 Why Are Drugs So Powerful?
  ch. 7 Brain Is Changed
  -For a Long Time!
  ch. 8 Could I Become an Addict?
  ch. 9 Stress, Social Status, and Drugs
  ch. 10 Gambling, Sex, and Food
  ch. 11 What Else Do Drugs Do to Me?
  ch. 12 Women and Adolescents
  ch. 13 Treatment: How Do I Get Better?
  ch. 14 What Does the Future Hold?.