Animal Models for Medications Screening to Treat Addiction

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 modelsContains comprehensive descriptions of various models associated with many forms of drug addictionAdds new information for translational research in the field of drug addiction INDICE: 1. Animal models of Methamphetamine-abuse to screen pharamcotherapeutic interventions for addiction   Arlington George Wilson 2. Identification of treatment targets in a genetic mouse model of voluntary methamphetamine drinking   Tamara J. Phillips 3. Animal models for screening drugs to treat cannabis dependence: a translational perspective   Bernard Le Foll 4. Rodent models to screen clinically-effective smoking cessation agents   Mohammed Shoaib 5. An Animal Model of Alcohol Dependence to Screen Medications for Treating Alcoholism   Howard C. Becker 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   Ingrid Nylander 7. Rat Lines Genetically Selected to Develop High Alcohol-Consuming Behavior and Dependence: Behavioral Correlates Paralleling Features Found in the Dually-Diagnosed Patient   Erika Roman 8. Screening Signature Compounds in the P and HAD Rat Animal Models of Alcoholism: A Survey of Results Focusing on Statistical Power and Effect Size   Richard L. Bell 9. Animal models and the development of vaccines to treat and/or prevent substance use disorders   Colin N. Haile 10. Genes and Excessive Alcohol Intake: Using Mutant Mice to Pinpoint Molecular Systems as Drugable Targets to Treat Alcohol Use Disorders   Robert Adron Harris 11. Gene Targeting Studies of Physical and Affective States of Alcohol Withdrawal in Rodents   Gian D. Greenberg 12. Abstinence Conflict Model: Toward an Optimal Animal Model for Human Drug Abstinence   Joshua Alan Peck 13. Prairie vole as a model to screen medications for the treatment of alcoholism and addictions: A Mini-Review   Andrey E. Ryabinin 14. Animal Models for Medication Development and Application to Treat Fetal Alcohol Effects   Susan Barron 15. Using In Vitro Electrophysiological Approaches to Screen for Novel Drug Targets: Accumbal Plasticity as an Engram of Alcohol Dependence   Richard Morrisett 16. C. elegans: A Behavioral Model System to Screen Medications for the Treatment of Addiction   Eric A. Engleman 17. Animal Models for Medications Screening Targeting the Treatment of Addiction: Caveats and Future Directions   Shafiqur Rahman

• ISBN: 978-0-12-804013-3
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 322
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés