Stress psychobiology in the context of addiction medicine: from drugs of abuse to behavioral addictions

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 223, Issue , 2016, Pages 43-62

  Lemieux, Andrine ^a   al'Absi, Mustafa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Addictive behaviors; Cortisol; Emotions; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenocortical axis; Relapse; Stress; Stress response pathways; Sympathetic adrenal medullary response

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE; EPINEPHRINE; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ACUTE STRESS; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BEHAVIORAL ADDICTION; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; COPING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ADDICTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUALITY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTERNET ADDICTION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; RELAPSE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE USE; ADDICTION; ANIMAL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GAMBLING; INTERNET; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERNET; REWARD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84995418729     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2015.08.001     Document Type: Chapter

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