Main description:

This well-established international series examines major areas of basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as emerging and promising subfields. This volume concentrates on the neuropsychiatric complications of stimulant abuse.

Contents:

The Story of "Speed" From "Cloud Nine" to Brain Gain
Andrew Lees, Katrin Sikk and Pille Taba

Amphetamine-Type Stimulants: The Early History of Their Medical and Non-Medical Uses
Nicolas Rasmussen

Miracle or Menace? The Arrival of Cocaine 1860-1900
Mike Jay

Psychostimulants: Basic and Clinical Pharmacology
Andrew C. McCreary, Christian P. Muller and Malgorzata Filip

Epigenetic Mechanisms of Psychostimulant-Induced Addiction
Anti Kalda and Alexander Zharkovsky

Experimental Models on Effects of Psychostimulants
Sulev Koks

Neurologic Complications of Psychomotor Stimulant Abuse
Juan Sanchez-Ramos

Neurobehavioral Sequelae of Psychostimulant Abuse
Atbin Djamshidian

Neuropsychiatric Adverse Effects of Amphetamine and Methamphetamine
Jaanus Harro

"Addicted to Euphoria": The History, Clinical Presentation and Management of Party Drug Misuse
Jenny Bearn and Matthew O'Brien

"Natural Amphetamine" Khat: A Cultural Tradition or a Drug of Abuse?
Nilesh B. Patel

Methcathinone "Kitchen Chemistry" and Permanent Neurological Damage
Katrin Sikk and Pille Taba

"Legal Highs" - An Emerging Epidemic of Novel Psychoactive Substances
Jolanta B. Zawilska

Psychostimulants and Artistic, Musical and Literary Creativity
Iain Smith

Opium as a Literary Stimulant: The Case of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Neil Vickers