The Motivational Impact of Nicotine and Its Role in Tobacco Use

ISBN-13: 9780387787480 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 212 str.

Bevins, Rick A.

Opis

The volume editorsfor this 55th volume of the Nebraska Symposiumon Motivation are Rick Bevins and Tony Caggiula. The volume editors coordinated the sym- sium that lead to this volume including selecting and inviting the contributors and coordinating all aspects of editing. My thanks go to the Rick and Tony and to our contributors for excellent presentations and chapters. This Symposium series is supported by funds provided by the Chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Harvey Perlman, and by funds given in memory of Professor Harry K. Wolfe to the University of Nebraska Foundation by the late ProfessorCoraL.Friedline.We areextremelygratefulfortheChancellor'sgenerous support to the Symposium series and for the University of Nebraska Foundation's support via the Friedline bequest. This symposium volume, like those in the recent past, is dedicated to the memoryof Professor Wolfe, who broughtpsychologyto the University of Nebraska. After studying with Professor Wilhelm Wundt, Professor Wolfe returned to his native state, to establish the ?rst undergraduate laboratory in psychology in the nation. As a student at Nebraska, Professor Friedline studied psychology under Professor Wolfe.

Spis treści

Nicotine, Tobacco Use, and the 55th Nebraska Symposium on Motivation.- Synaptic Plasticity Within Midbrain Dopamine Centers Contributes to Nicotine Addiction.- Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Motivational Effects of Nicotine.- Targeting Reward-Relevant Nicotinic Receptors in the Discovery of Novel Pharmacotherapeutic Agents to Treat Tobacco Dependence.- Multiple Motivational Forces Contribute to Nicotine Dependence.- The Role of Nicotine in Smoking: A Dual-Reinforcement Model.- Altering the Motivational Function of Nicotine through Conditioning Processes.- New Findings on Nicotine Addiction and Treatment.- Sex Differences in Nicotine Reinforcement and Reward: Influences on the Persistence of Tobacco Smoking.- The Functional Significance of Craving in Nicotine Dependence.- The Motivational Impact of Nicotine and Its Role in Tobacco Use: Final Comments and Priorities.

Blurb

Tobacco kills more people worldwide than any legal or illegal drug; the collective benefits of quitting smoking are plentiful, from improved health, increased life expectancy, and fewer sick days to less stress on families and health care providers. Tobacco use and addiction depend on the complex interplay of neurochemical, genetic, personal, and social factors—and nicotine, as the principal psychoactive ingredient in tobacco smoke, stands at the center of this equation.

The Motivational Impact of Nicotine and Its Role in Tobacco Use assembles papers from the 55^th Nebraska Symposium on Motivation in a multidimensional analysis of nicotine at work. These papers present data, theories, and findings useful in understanding not only the mechanisms behind tobacco dependence and resistance to quitting, but also the issues involved in smoking cessation, initial use prevention, and relapse prevention. Some of the key areas covered include:

• Molecular and neurobiological perspectives on the motivational effects of nicotine.
• The motivational components of nicotine dependence and the import of learning history.
• The role of nicotine in making environmental cues associated with smoking more reinforcing.
• The effects of pharmaco- and immunotherapies on the ability of psychological cues to influence smoking behavior.
• Sex differences in nicotine reinforcement and their implications for treatment.
• The importance of craving in the maintenance of smoking behavior and in its relapse after quitting.

Given the continued impact of smoking on public health, The Motivational Impact of Nicotine and Its Role in Tobacco Use will attract a wide audience. This cutting-edge information is vital to the clinical psychologist, researcher, and policymaker involved in developing more efficient therapies, more effective treatment products, better delivery systems, or new avenues for research.

About the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation
The Nebraska Symposium on Motivation has been sponsored by the Department of Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln since 1953. Each year the Symposium invites leading scholars from around the world to speak at a conference devoted to a topic of current interest to psychology, the proceedings of which are published in an edited volume.