Special Issue

Behavioral Neuropharmacology

Submission Deadline: August 30, 2019 (Closed)

Guest Editor

Steven I. Dworkin, PhD

Professor, Department of Psychology, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL 61455, USA

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Research Interests: neurobehavioral pharmacology; drug abuse; pharmacologic treatment of behavioral disorders; cigarette smoking cessation; experimental analysis of behavior

About This Topic

Behavioral neuropharmacology focuses on the study of drug dependence and how drug addiction affects the human mind, Anxiety and Autism, Measuring neural activity in Drug abuse, Alcoholism- tolerance to and physical dependence, and properties are mediated through its effects on dopamine neurons in the mesolimbic reward pathway, which connects the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens, Post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder, clinical depression and enhanced treatments. Drugs of abuse alter the way people think, feel, and behave by disrupting neurotransmission, the process of communication between brain cells. Drug dependence and addiction are features of a brain disease caused by drugs' cumulative impacts on neurotransmission. However, terrifying events can cause Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Symptoms of PTSD may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event. Most research has shown that the major part of the brain that reinforces addiction through neurochemical reward is the nucleus accumbens, which is closely connected with the interactions of neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, neurohormones, neuromodulators, enzymes, second messengers, co-transporters, ion channels, and receptor proteins in the central and peripheral nervous systems. In this special issue, we aim to the introduction of the relative research in behavioral neuropharmacology. Submissions are now open and will be fully considered for publication.

Keywords

Behavioral neuropharmacology; Drug abuse; Alcoholism; Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Anxiety and Autism

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Publication

Open Access Original Research Increased Diurnal Salivary Cortisol and Morning Serum Triglycerides and Decreased Apo A1 Concentrations in Children and Adolescents with Clinical Depression by Ioannis Syros  , Panagiota Pervanidou  , Charis Liapi  , Filia Apostolakou  , George P Chrousos  and Gerasimos Kolaitis Received: 01 March 2020;  Published: 11 June 2020;  doi: 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2002060 Abstract Data available on possible associations of lipids, steroid levels, and depression are conflicting. This study investigated their possible associations in a sample of youth with depression. Ninety-eight youth with depression and individually matched healthy volunteers on the basis of age and sex were enrolled for the study. The two groups had [...]

Open Access Review Impact of Case Management on HIV Patients’ Linkage to Care and Their Clinical Outcome: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials by Siavash Jafari  , Mariko Vaughan  , Souzan Baharlou  , Pooria Ghadiri  , Nazila Hassanabadi  and Ashkan Nasr Received: 11 August 2019;  Published: 09 September 2019;  doi: 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.1903039 Abstract Objectives: The purpose of this systematic literature review is to investigate the impact of case management on the link between HIV/AIDS patients (HIV-infected persons) and HIV treatment, and to investigate the impact of case management on their morbidity and mortality. Methods: We searched PubMed, Current Contents, Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE [...]