Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-312) and index

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Memoirs of an addicted brain

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

759175901

Responsibility statement

Marc Lewis

Sub title

a neuroscientist examines his former life on drugs

Summary

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

Table Of 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

resource.variantTitle

Addicted brain

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