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Kluwer Academic Research Advances In Alcohol And Drug Problems 1987 Edition by Howard D. Cappell
This the ninth volume in the series appears some 13 years after the first. Like most of its predecessors Volume 9 is deliberately eclectic covering a range of topics that the editors think worthy of inclusion. Some of the chapters such as the review of the literature on benzodiazepines represent areas that have received relatively little attention in previous volumes-largely because the literature has not previously been "ripe" for review. Others represent literatures that have been reviewed in the past but which continue to advance in sufficient measure that their ripening never ceases. Shepard Siegel's contribution represents a relative rarity in previous volumes: a chapter not laden with a consideration of current empirical work but a reflective essay designed to stir thought with some pro- vocative ideas. The editors trust that readers will continue to find Research Advances to be an important repository of knowledge in the alcohol and drug fields. The Editors Toronto IX Contents 1. THE HUMAN PHARMACOLOGY OF NICOTINE Neal L. Benowitz 1. Introduction 2. Nicotine in Tobacco Products 2 3. Phannacokinetics of Nicotine 4 4.Nicotine and Cotinine Blood Levels during Tobacco Use 14 5. Intake of Nicotine during Cigarette Smoking 18 6. Biochemical Markers of Nicotine Intake 18 7. Regulation of Nicotine Intake during Cigarette Smoking 23 8. Phannacology of Nicotine 28 9. Importance of Nicotine in Human Disease 41 References 45 2. BENZODIAZEPINES AS DRUGS OF ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE 53 Howard D. Cappell Edward M. Sellers and Usoa Busto 1. Table of contents : 1. The Human Pharmacology of Nicotine.- 2. Benzodiazepines as Drugs of Abuse and Dependence.- 3. Some Implications of Alcohol-Induced Lipid Changes.- 4. Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Differences in Acute Ethanol Sensitivity: Effects of Tolerance and Genetic Factors upon Neuronal Sensitivity to Ethanol.- 5. Acute Alcohol Amnesia: What is Remembered and What is Forgotten.- 6. Experimental Social Psychology and the Causes and Effects of Alcohol Consumption.- 7. The Role of Naltrexone in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence.- 8. Update on Methadone Maintenance.- 9. Alcohol and Opiate Dependence: Re-Evaluation of the Victorian Perspective.