The Neuroscience of Addiction

Francesca Mapua Filbey is a Professor of Cognition and Neuroscience, and Bert Moore Endowed Chair of BrainHealth™, for the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas, Dallas. She conducts research aimed to understand the biobehavioral mechanisms of addictive disorders towards the improvement of early detection and intervention.

• Preface; 1. What is addiction?; 2. Human neuroscience approaches toward the understanding of addiction; 3. Brain-behavior theories of addiction; 4. From the motivation to initiate drug use to recreational drug use: reward and motivational systems; 5. Intoxication; 6. Withdrawal; 7. Craving; 8. Impulsivity; 9. Impacts of brain-based discoveries on prevention and intervention approaches; 10. Conclusions; Glossary; Index.

'Francesca Filbey's book, intended for an interdisciplinary audience, bridges concepts in neuroscience with the clinical presentation of addiction. It is logically organized into chapters that describe each progressive stage of the addiction cycle in terms of theoretical perspectives, preclinical models, and human behavior. The text combines classic knowledge with current findings from novel methodologies, particularly in human neuroimaging, that facilitates the understanding of addiction as a brain disorder.' Eric J. Nestler, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai