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  Title

  The addicted brain : why we abuse drugs, alcohol, and nicotine

  Author

  Kuhar, Michael J.  

  Publisher:

  FT Press,

  Pub date:

  2012.

  Pages:

  xiii, 222 p. :

  ISBN:

  9780132542500

  Item info:

  2 copies available at Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library and Aurora Campus.
  

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    Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    RC564 .K84 2012	1	Book	Available, On shelf
    Aurora Campus	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    RC564 .K84 2012	1	Book	Available, On shelf

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  ISBN:

  9780132542500 (hardback : alk. paper)

  ISBN:

  0132542501 (hardback : alk. paper)

  Personal Author:

  Kuhar, Michael J.

  Title:

  The addicted brain : why we abuse drugs, alcohol, and nicotine / Michael J. Kuhar.

  Edition:

  1st ed.

  Publication info:

  Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press, 2012.

  Physical description:

  xiii, 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

  Contents:

  What's in this book, and why should I read it? -- Hardwired: what animals tell us about the human desire for drugs -- Feeling good: the brain's own reward system -- The ABCs of drug action in the brain -- The dark side develops! -- Why are drugs so powerful? -- The brain is changed, for a long time! -- Could I become an addict? -- Stress, social status, and drugs -- Gambling, sex, and food -- What else do drugs do to me? -- Women and adolescents -- Treatment: how do I get better? -- What does the future hold?

  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.

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  TODD AURORA

  Subject term:

  Substance abuse--Pathophysiology.

  Subject term:

  Brain.

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