The Role of Neuropeptides in Addiction and Disorders of Excessive Consumption

The Role of Neuropeptides in Addiction and Disorders of Excessive Consumption, Volume 137 provides the most recent overview of some of the top candidate neuropeptides in the modulation of alcohol and drug abuse, also covering eating disorders and obesity. The book uniquely highlights the overlapping central mechanisms that contribute to both drug and alcohol abuse and eating disorders. Drugs and alcohol are thought to usurp or highjack? brain systems that modulate the ingestion of natural rewards, such as food, a point that is made in many chapters of this book. Presents a recent overview of some of the top candidate neuropeptides in the modulation of alcohol and drug abuse, and in eating disorders and obesityHighlights the overlapping central mechanisms that contribute to both drug and alcohol abuse and eating disordersContains chapters that focus on a specific neuropeptide INDICE: 1. Introduction Todd E. Thiele, Ph.D. 2. Corticotropin Releasing Factor (CRF) and Addictive Behaviors Marisa Roberto, Ph.D. (mroberto@scripps.edu); Eric Zorilla, Ph.D. 3. Dynorphin/Kappa Opioid Receptor Signaling in Pre-clinical Models of Alcohol, Drug, and Food Addiction Sara Jones, Ph.D. 4. The Role of Ghrelin Signaling in Additive Behaviors Lorenzo Leggio, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc. and Lia Zallar; Mehdi Farokhnia, M.D.; Leandro Vendruscolo, Ph.D./PharmD 5. The Role of the Melanocortin System in Drug and Eating Disorders Montserrat Navarro, Ph.D. 6. Substance P and the Neurokinin-1 Receptor: The New CRH Jesse Schank, Ph.D. and Markus Heilig, Ph.D. 7. The Role of Neuropeptide Y (NPY) in Drug and Eating Disorders Todd E. Thiele, Ph.D. 8. The Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ Receptor as a Treatment Target in States of Excessive Consumption Annika Thorsell, Ph.D. 9. Role of Orexin/Hypocretin in Ethanol and Food Overconsumption Sarah F. Leibowitz, Ph.D.; Jessica Barson, Ph.D. 10. Oxytocin in Addictions and Disorders of Excessive Consumption: A Review of Basic and Clinical Research Cort A. Pedersen, M.D. 11. Contribution of Urocortin to the Development of Excessive Drinking Andrey Ryabinin, Ph.D.; William Giardino, Ph.D.; Alfredo Zuniga

• ISBN: 978-0-12-812473-4
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 322
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés