Opioids, Bulimia, and Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism

This text is the written form of the proceedings of a satellite symposium associated with the 1988-meeting of the Society for Neu­ roscience. The symposium was held 12 November 1988 in the auditor­ ium of the Addictions Research Foundation, Toronto, Canada. The ac­ tual writing took place across the...

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Other Authors: Reid, Larry D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 1990, 1990
Edition:1st ed. 1990
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1 Background
  • 1 Obesity, Anorexia Nervosa, and Bulimia: A General Overview
  • 2 Alcohol-Abuse and Alcoholism
  • 3 The Endogenous Opioidergic Systems
  • 4 Opioids’ Modification of Central Reward Processes
  • Section 2 Opioids and Ingestion
  • 5 Basic Mechanisms of Opioids’ Effects on Eating and Drinking
  • 6 Feeding Modified by Central Applications of Opioids
  • Section 3 Using Opioid-Antagonists in Treating Bulimia
  • 7 Naltrexone and Bulimia: Initial Observations
  • 8 Using Drugs to Manage Binge-Eating Among Obese and Normal Weight Patients
  • Section 4 Opioids and AA&A, Preclinical Studies
  • 9 Opioids Modulate Rats’ Intakes of Alcoholic Beverages
  • 10 Opioids Modulate Rats’ Reactivities to Alcohol
  • Section 5 Naltrexone and Alcohol-Dependence
  • 11 Naltrexone and the Treatment of Alcohol-Dependence: Initial Observations
  • Section 6 Individual Differences
  • 12 Enkephalinergic Involvement in Voluntary Drinking of Alcohol
  • 13 Endorphins in Individuals with High and Low Risk for Development of Alcoholism
  • 14 Do Substance-Abuse, Including Alcoholism, and Bulimia Covary?
  • Section 7 Prospectives
  • 15 Potential Toxicities of High Doses of Naltrexone in Patients with Appetitive Disorders
  • 16 Prospects for Developing More Specific Antagonists, I
  • 17 Prospects for Developing More Specific Antagonists, II
  • 18 Summary
  • References