Full Description
This well-established international series examines major areas of basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as emerging and promising subfields. This volume concentrates on the neuropsychiatric complications of stimulant abuse.
Contents
The Story of "Speed" From "Cloud Nine" to Brain Gain
Andrew Lees, Katrin Sikk and Pille Taba
Amphetamine-Type Stimulants: The Early History of Their Medical and Non-Medical Uses
Nicolas Rasmussen
Miracle or Menace? The Arrival of Cocaine 1860-1900
Mike Jay
Psychostimulants: Basic and Clinical Pharmacology
Andrew C. McCreary, Christian P. Müller and Małgorzata Filip
Epigenetic Mechanisms of Psychostimulant-Induced Addiction
Anti Kalda and Alexander Zharkovsky
Experimental Models on Effects of Psychostimulants
Sulev Kõks
Neurologic Complications of Psychomotor Stimulant Abuse
Juan Sanchez-Ramos
Neurobehavioral Sequelae of Psychostimulant Abuse
Atbin Djamshidian
Neuropsychiatric Adverse Effects of Amphetamine and Methamphetamine
Jaanus Harro
"Addicted to Euphoria": The History, Clinical Presentation and Management of Party Drug Misuse
Jenny Bearn and Matthew O'Brien
"Natural Amphetamine" Khat: A Cultural Tradition or a Drug of Abuse?
Nilesh B. Patel
Methcathinone "Kitchen Chemistry" and Permanent Neurological Damage
Katrin Sikk and Pille Taba
"Legal Highs" - An Emerging Epidemic of Novel Psychoactive Substances
Jolanta B. Zawilska
Psychostimulants and Artistic, Musical and Literary Creativity
Iain Smith
Opium as a Literary Stimulant: The Case of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Neil Vickers
