NIAAA Spectrum Spotlight: Sex Differences in Addiction Research
Recent NIH-wide efforts to address sex differences in preclinical research underscore the importance of such issues to scientists who study alcohol addiction.
“In fact, animal models of alcohol addiction reveal significant differences between males and females,” says NIAAA Director George F. Koob, Ph.D., “but we have little data thus far to help us understand the neurobiological mechanisms for those differences.”
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Source: NIAAA News - June 27, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
NIAAA Director George F. Koob to receive French Legion of Honor
In recognition of his contribution to the development of scientific collaborations between France and the United States, George F. Koob, Ph.D., director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, will receive the insignia of Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honor) from the government of France. An award ceremony will take place on Thursday, June 30, 2016, at the Washington, D.C., residence of French Ambassador Gerard Araud, who will present the award to Dr. (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - June 24, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Rates of nonmedical prescription opioid use and opioid use disorder double in 10 years
Almost 10 million U.S. adults report misusing prescription opioids in 2012-2013
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Source: NIAAA News - June 22, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Now online: New Issue of the NIAAA Spectrum
The most recent issue of the NIAAA Spectrum is now available online at http://www.spectrum.niaaa.nih.gov/.
Among other topics, the current installment features: (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - June 17, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Study reveals central role of endocannabinoids in habit formation
Mouse study advances knowledge of habitual behavior pathophysiology (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - June 17, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
NIAAA honors General Arthur T. Dean with Senator Harold Hughes Award
General Arthur T. Dean, chairman and CEO of Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), received the Senator Harold Hughes Memorial Award today from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. NIAAA Director George Koob, Ph.D., announced his selection during the 142nd meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - June 8, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Fact Sheet: Parents, Talk with Your High School Grads about Celebrating Safely
Parents, take the time to talk with your high school graduates about keeping parties and events alcohol-free—it just may save a life.
Learn more—read the NIAAA fact sheet at
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/GraduationFacts/graduationFact.htm (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - May 26, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
NIAAA selects winners of its Wearable Alcohol Biosensor Challenge
$200,000 first prize awarded to BACtrack Skyn (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - May 19, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Marlene Oscar Berman to deliver 8th Annual Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture at the National Institutes of Health
What: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, announces that Marlene Oscar Berman, Ph.D. will deliver the 8th Annual Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture. The title of her presentation is “Brain Mechanisms Underlying the Perceptual, Emotional, and Cognitive Impairments Associated with Chronic Alcohol Use Disorder.”
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Source: NIAAA News - May 16, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
Dr. Marlene Oscar Berman to Present the 8th Annual Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture on May 25
Presenter: Marlene Oscar Berman, Ph.D., Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Research Scientist, Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Boston
Lecture title: Behavioral and Brain Abnormalities in Abstinent Alcoholic Men and Women
Date: May 25, 2016
Time: 1:30pm
Location:
Lipsett Amphitheater
Building 10
NIH Campus (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - April 22, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news
