1. Olds, ME and Olds, J. 1969. Effects of lesions in medial forebrain bundle on self-stimulation behavior.

Am. J. Physiol. 217 : 1253.

2. Blum, K et al. 1996. Reward deficiency syndrome.

American Scientist. 84 : 132.

3. Stein, L and Belluzzi, JD. 1986. Second messenger, natural rewards and drugs of abuse.

Clin. Neuropharmacology. 9 (suppl. 4) : 205.

4. Blum, K. 1989. A commentary on neurotransmitter restoration as a commom mode treatment for alcohol, cocaine and opiate abuse.

Integrative Psychiatry. 6 : 235.

5. Martins de Oliveira, J e Amaral, JR. 1987. Princípios de Neurociência.

Tecnopress Editora. São Paulo.

6. Volberg, RA and Steadman, HJ. 1988. Refining prevalence estimates of pathological gambling.

Am. J. Psychiatry. 145 : 502.

7. Lawford, BR et al. 1995. Bromocryptine in the treatment of alcoholics with the D2 dopamine receptor A1 allele.

Nature Medicine. 1 : 337.

8.Hartmann, PM. 1997. Naltrexone in alcohol dependence. American Family Physician.

http:/www.aafp.org/afp/970400ap/abs_18.html

9. Hadorn, D. 1998. U.S. cientists say drug may help cocaine addicts.

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n652.a12.html

10. Earley, Paul - The cocaine recovery book. Sage Publications, EUA, 1991

11. Os Efeitos das Drogas no Cérebro - A contribuição das Neurociências no campo da dependência química. E. Kalina, Editora Bezerra, 1997.

12. A devastação que as drogas fazem no cérebro - http://www.bahiense.g12.br/gavea/trabalu/drogas23/hp5_01.htm