The neurobiology of Alcohol Use Disorder

Neuronal mechanisms, current treatments and novel developments
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-0-443-14164-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 700 g

The Mechanisms Behind Developing Dependence, Sub-groups, and Novel Approaches to Treatment, Volume 174 in the Neurobiology of Alcohol Abuse series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Substitution therapy in alcohol treatment, with a focus on mechanisms and possibilities, Designing and analyzing studies on treatments for alcohol dependence, The harm reduction approach for treatment of alcohol dependence, Current treatments for alcohol dependence, with a suggested focus on mechanisms and possibilities, Metabolomics in relation to alcohol dependence with focus on possibilities for precision medicine, and Repurposing drugs for treatment of alcohol dependence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bejczy, Andrea de

Söderpalm, Bo

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Substitution therapy in alcohol treatment, with a focus on mechanisms and possibilitiesJulien Guiraud2. Designing and analyzing studies on treatments for alcohol dependenceKatie Witkiewitz3. The harm reduction approach for treatment of alcohol dependenceDavid Nutt4. Current treatments for alcohol dependence, with a suggested focus on mechanisms and possibilitiesGiovanni Addolorato5. Metabolomics in relation to alcohol dependence with focus on possibilities for precision medicineOlli Kärkkäinen6. Repurposing drugs for treatment of alcohol dependenceHenri-Jean Aubin

Über Autor(innen)

Bejczy, Andrea de
Andrea de Bejczy, M.D, Ph.D, is a senior researcher and head of the Clinical Trial Section of the Addiction Biology Unit at Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg and has a leading role in alcohol studies as at the Department of Addiction and Dependency, Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Andrea de Bejczy's main research area is randomized controlled trials on new pharmacotherapies for alcohol dependence, with focus on drugs targeting the dopamine system. A parallel focus for de Bejczy's research is bio-markers in alcohol dependence.