Brain Reward & Stress Systems in Addiction

• Main Author: Nicholas W. Gilpin (auth)
• Other Authors: Remi Martin-Fardon (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; reward; alcohol; stress; pain; relapse; Methamphetamine; Heroin; Nicotine
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Addiction to drugs and alcohol is a dynamic and multi-faceted disease process in humans, with devastating health and financial consequences for the individual and society-at-large. In humans, drug and alcohol use disorders (i.e., abuse and dependence) are defined by clusters of behavioral symptoms t...