Psychotropic substance-seeking: Evolutionary pathology or adaptation?

Addiction

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 389-400

  Sullivan, R J ^a   Hagen, E H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Anthropology; Biological adaptation; Central nervous system stimulants; Evolution; Medicinal plants; Motivation; Neurotransmitters; Reinforcement (psychology); Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; REINFORCEMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PLANTS, TOXIC; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0036214673     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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