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Basi biologiche del gioco d’azzardo patologico

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Il gioco d’azzardo patologico

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La ricerca sull’origine biologica del gioco d’azzardo patologico si trova in uno stadio iniziale (Eber e Shaffer 2000). I dati presentati suggeriscono il coinvolgimento di piú neurotrasmettitori nell’evoluzione psicopatologica del gioco d’azzardo patologico (Potenza 2001). In questo capitolo esamineremo l’esistenza di prove a supporto sia del coinvolgimento dei sistemi di produzione, alterazione e rilascio di noradrenalina (o norepinefrina), serotonina, dopamina e oppioidi sia dell’importanza dei fattori ereditari e di familiaritá nello sviluppo del gioco d’azzardo patologico.

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  1. Centro Medico di St. Louis VA, St. Louis, Missouri

    Kamini R. Shah (Coordinatore)

  2. Analista dati, Scuola di Medicina dell’Universitá di Washington, St. Louis, Missouri

    Kamini R. Shah (Coordinatore)

  3. Scuola di Medicina, dell’Universitá di Yale, New Haven, Connecticut

    Marc N. Potenza (Docente di Psichiatria) & Seth A. Eisen (Medico, Professore di Medicina Interna e Psichiatria)

  4. St. Louis VA Medical Center, USA

    Seth A. Eisen (Medico, Professore di Medicina Interna e Psichiatria)

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Shah, K.R., Potenza, M.N., Eisen, S.A. (2010). Basi biologiche del gioco d’azzardo patologico. In: Clerici, M. (eds) Il gioco d’azzardo patologico. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1538-8_9

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