Neurochemistry of Consciousness

Neurotransmitters in mind

Editors

Elaine K. Perry | Newcastle General Hospital

Heather Ashton | Royal Victoria Infirmary

Allan H. Young | Royal Victoria Infirmary

Susan Greenfield

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This pioneering book explores in depth the role of neurotransmitters in conscious awareness. The central aim is to identify common neural denominators of conscious awareness, informed by the neurochemistry of natural, drug induced and pathological states of consciousness. Chemicals such as acetylcholine and dopamine, which bridge the synaptic gap between neurones, are the 'neurotransmitters in mind' that form the substance of the volume, which is essential reading for all who believe that unravelling mechanisms of consciousness must include these vital systems of the brain.

Up-to-date information is provided on:

Psychological domains of attention, motivation, memory, sleep and dreaming that define normal states of consciousness.
Effects of chemicals that alter or abolish consciousness, including hallucinogens and anaesthetics.
Disorders of the brain such as dementia, schizophrenia and depression considered from the novel perspective of the way these affect consciousness, and how this might relate to disturbances in neurotransmission.

(Series B)

[Advances in Consciousness Research, 36] 2002. xii, 344 pp.

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 1 January 2003

https://doi.org/10.1075/aicr.36

Table of Contents

Foreword

Susan Greenfield | p. vii

Preface | p. xi

I. Neurotransmitter Systems

1. Neurotransmitter networks

Elaine K. Perry and Allan H. Young | pp. 3–24

2. Cholinergic transmission: Novel signal transduction

Nancy J. Woolf | pp. 25–40

II. Natural Alterations of Consciousness

3. Attention

Andrew Scholey | pp. 43–63

4. Memory

Caroline Stewart | pp. 65–81

5. Motivation: Reward and punishment systems

Heather Ashton | pp. 83–104

6. Sleep: Slow wave and non-REM stages

Ann Sharpley | pp. 105–122

7. Dreaming: Cholinergic and dopaminergic hypotheses

Mark Solms | pp. 123–131

8. Dreaming: Monoaminergic disinhibition hypothesis

Claude Gottesmann | pp. 133–146

III. Drug-Induced Alterations in Consciousness

9. General anesthetics

Pamela Flood | pp. 149–162

10. Effects of drugs on sleep

Heather Ashton | pp. 163–167

11. Neuroleptics

Clive Ballard and Margaret Piggott | pp. 169–179

12. Delirium and hallucinations

Heather Ashton | pp. 181–203

13. Plants of the gods: Ethnic routes to altered consciousness

Elaine K. Perry | pp. 205–225

IV. Brain Pathology and Consciousness

14. Alzheimer’s disease: Focus on the cholinergic system

Daniel I. Kaufer | pp. 229–245

15. Parkinson’s disease

Dag Aarsland and Randi Starrfelt | pp. 247–261

16. Dementia with Lewy bodies: A disorder of consciousness?

Matthew Walker and Elaine K. Perry | pp. 263–278

17. Schizophrenia

Gavin P. Reynolds | pp. 279–292

18. Mood disorders

Hamish McAllister-Williams | pp. 293–307

19. Mental retardation and autism

Gregory O'Brien and Louise Barnard | pp. 309–324

Envoi | pp. 325–332

Index | pp. 333–344

“Starting with a general introduction to brain chemistry, the reader can take a journey through normal brain processes, into the world of drug-induced changes in consciousness, and finally into the chilling world of dysfunctions in consciousness. Subjects covered are truly comprehensive and of such an astonishing range, that even the dedicated brain specialist will be able to learn something, as well as the non-specialist, and gain a wonderful overview of how consciousness might take place within the brain.”

Susan Greenfield, Foreword

“[...] by suggesting altered neurotransmitter function this volume may underpin states of altered consciousness. It holds out the hope that these may eventually be amenable to pharmacotherapy.”

A.J. Larner, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK

“If this book were untitled, I would conclude that it was one of the best available textbooks on basic and clinical neuropharmacology. [...] The book is part of a series on advances in consciousness research, including cognitive psychology, linguistics and neurophilosophy. If these are of the same quality this would be a mouth-wateringly interesting series of books on the neurosciences.”

Robert Kerwin, Professor of Clinical Neuropharmacology, Institute of Psychiatry, London, in British Journal of Psychiatry, May 2003

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Subjects

Consciousness Research

Consciousness research

Psychology

Neuropsychology

Main BIC Subject

JMT: States of consciousness

Main BISAC Subject

PSY020000: PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology

ONIX Metadata

ONIX 2.1

ONIX 3.0

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