Drug abuse in adolescence neurobiological, cognitive, and psychological issues /

Focusing on two central themes--the psychobiological evolution from youth to adult and the effects of drugs on the developing central nervous system--this important reference elucidates the mechanisms of chemical dependency in adolescents. Its multidisciplinary coverage analyzes addiction across maj...

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Uniform Title: Neurociências do abuso de drogas na adolescência. English
Other Authors: De Micheli, Denise,, Andrade, André Luiz Monezi,, Silva, Eroy Aparecida da,, Formigoni, Maria Lucia Oliveira de Souza,, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Portuguese
Published: Cham : Springer, [2016]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 200 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Adolescence : psychobiological transformations. The neurohormonal system in adolescence / Maria Sylvia de Souza Vitalle ; Cognitive development, learning and drug use / Adriana Sampaio, Ana Raquel Mesquita and Óscar Filipe Gonçalves ; Neural development in adolescence / André Luiz Monezi Andrade, Denise De Micheli, Eroy Aparecida da Silva, Maria Lucia Oliveira de Souza-Formigoni and Francine de Oliveira Goeldner
  • Part II: Adolescence, drugs, and the central nervous system. Neural basis of drug addiction / Cassandra D. Gipson and Peter W. Kalivas ; Neurobiology of the action of drugs of abuse / Roseli Boerngen-Lacerda ; Neuroimaging of the human brain in adolescent substance users / Michael Takagi, George Youssef and Valentina Lorenzetti ; Alcohol abuse in adolescents : relevance of animal models and experimental results in adolescent animals / Rosana Camarini and Ricardo M. Pautassi ; FMRI studies of the adolescent reward system : the triadic model perspective / Rista C. Plate, Jessica M. Richards and Monique Ernst ; Sleep and drug abuse during adolescence / Gabriel Natan Pires, Monica Levy Andersen and Sergio Tufik ; Neurological and cognitive changes resulting from chronic drug use / Rafaela Larsen Ribeiro, Shirley Yamaguchi, Silvana Pochetto Cracasso, Fernanda Peralta and Elton Rezende ; Relationships between mood disorders and substance abuse during adolescence / Luís Pereira Justo and Helena Maria Calil ; Patterns of drug use in carriers of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) / Alfredo Löhr and Marco Antonio Bessa.