Drug Discovery for the Treatment of Addiction: Medicinal Chemistry Strategies

 ( Book Product ) 

• ISBN bar code 9781118889572 ξ1 registered March 20 2016
  
• Product category is Drug-Discovery-for-the-Treatment-of-Addiction Brian-S-Fulton Book

With addiction a key target for drug discovery efforts, this book fills an important and timely need for medicinal chemists who need to understand complex neuroscience issues. The author illustrates medicinal chemistry's prominent role in treating addiction and covers specific drugs of abuse including narcotics, stimulants, depressants, nicotine, and marijuana. Interprets complex neuro- biological and pharmacological information, like the drug-reward system, for medicinal chemists Emphasizes neurotransmitters and neurochemical mechanisms of addictive drugs Pulls together information on the many potential drug targets for treating addiction Stresses unique medicinal chemistry problems when describing pharmacology testing methods and drug development

^ Drug Discovery for the Treatment of Addiction: Medicinal Chemistry Strategies ISBN 9781118889572 (revised Feb 2026)