The Addicted Brain: Why we Abuse Drugs, Alcohol and Nicotine by Michael Kuhar

The Addicted Brain: Why we Abuse Drugs, Alcohol and Nicotine by Michael Kuhar

The book describes how the brain is involved in the progression of the disease of addiction 113. It is composed of 14 chapters covering the whole journey of addiction from the first exposure to the full blown picture of the disease. It covers the animal models to explain how the brain gets involved. It is very interesting to learn that the animal model for addiction was discovered accidently where scientists was working on a different experiment. The book describes in details the brain reward system including how various neurotransmitters activate the target brain regions like the corticomesolimbic circuit.