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Individual Differences in the Biobehavioral Etiology of Drug Abuse



NIDA Research Monograph, Number 159 [Printed in 1996]


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Table of Contents

Introduction: Individual Differences in the Biobehavioral Etiology of Drug Abuse-----1
Harold W. Gordon and Meyer D. Glantz

Genetic Factors in Drug Abuse and Dependence-----16
Davud E. Comings

Discussion-----39

Genotype-Environment Correlations and Interactions in the Etiology of Substance Abuse and Related Behaviors-----49
Matt McGue, David T. Lykken, and William G. Iacono

Discussion-----73

An Identical Twin High-Risk Study of Biobehavioral Vulnerability-----81
Ming T. Tsuang and Michael J. Lyons

Discussion-----113

Commentary-----123
George R. Uhl

Psychophysical Prediction of Substance Abuse-----129
William G. Iacono, David T. Lykken, and Matt McGue

Commentary-----150
Scott E. Lukas

Discussion-----157

Cognitive Event-Related Potentials in Populations at Risk for Substance Abuse-----161
Ronald I. Herning

Commentary-----186
Scott E. Lukas

Discussion-----191

31Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Children at Risk for Substance Abuse-----193
Howard B. Moss

Commentary-----217
Scott E. Lukas

Discussion-----223

Neurochemical Predictors and Correlates of Vulnerability to Cocaine Use-----228
Roy J. King and Christopher Flowers

Commentary-----264
Eric Hollander, Lisa Cohen, and Don Stein

Vulnerability to Substance Abuse in Eating Disorders-----269
Walter H. Kaye and Lucerne Wisniewski

Commentary------312
Eric Hollander, Lisa Cohen, and Don Stein

Discussion-----318

Neurochemical Mechanisms Underlying Responses to Psychostimulants-----322
Nora D. Volkow, Joanna S. Fowler, Ribert Hitzemann, and Gene-Jack Wang

The Monograph Series List-----288



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