Memoirs of an addicted brain a neuroscientist examines his former life on drugs / Marc Lewis.

Author/creator Lewis, Marc D.
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : PublicAffairs,
Description327 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Portion of title Addicted brain
Contents The Tabor chronicles. Changing state -- Giving up control -- Into the fire -- Dopamine and desire: a romantic interlude -- Life and death in California. Pulling out the stops -- Psychedelics, sex, and violence -- A psychedelic finale: cops and angels -- Heroin, the Heap, and the sleep of the dead -- Getting down -- Going places. Travel broadens the mind -- Consciousness lost and found -- The opium fields -- In sickness and in health. Night life in Rat Park -- Crime and punishment -- Healing -- Epilogue.
Abstract A neuroscientist tells the story of his youth spent as a drug addict, while using the specific example of his own story to help explain drug use and addiction in general from a scientific standpoint.
General note"Published in Canada in 2011 by Doubleday Canada"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 309-312) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011944105
ISBN9781610391474
ISBN1610391470
ISBN9781610392334 (paperback)
ISBN1610392337 (paperback)

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