Book Description

Symposium presentations address: molecular biological tools in exploring behavior; drugs of abuse and the immune system; marijuana use; motivational aspects of drug abuse; excitatory amino acids in stimulant abuse and AIDS dementia; agonist efficacy, drug dependence, and medications development; drugs of abuse and gender differences; presynaptic and postsynaptic neurochemical alterations in human psychostimulant abusers; antibody and protein based therapies for drug abuse; behavioral and pharmacological interventions for pregnant substance abusers; and mechanisms of abused drugs: concordance between lab. animal and human studies.