Laboratory of Addictive Disorders

08/30/2024

08/30/2024

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10342914/

08/30/2024

https://www.eneuro.org/content/9/5/ENEURO.0260-22.2022.long

08/30/2024

https://www.eneuro.org/content/10/12/ENEURO.0424-23.2023.long

12/11/2023

" "Alien" International Pharmacologists in the U.S. Workforce: From Graduate Students to Junior Faculty, Challenges and Opportunities"
Hosted by the ASPET IDEA Committee

Friday, December 15, 2023
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

This is the first in a series of three webinars. This panel discussion will explore 1) the challenges faced by pharmacologists across the spectrum from graduate students to postdoctoral fellows to junior faculty concerning their international status and “alien” status in the US, 2) identify specific challenges and possible strategies for addressing these.

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11/30/2023

New upcoming webinar:
"Exploring Exciting Paths: Careers beyond Academia for Pharmacologists and Biomedical Scientists"

This panel discussion hosted by the Young Scientist Committee will be a networking event to discuss careers outside of the traditional academic tenure-track faculty positions. Attendees will get exposure to graduate students and postdocs in different careers beyond academia. In addition, this sessio...

05/09/2021

The truth 😂

12/22/2020

Congratulations for winning a prestigious Fulbright award, Margaret! And good luck for your adventure in Germany: we are so proud of you!

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11/30/2020

"A little night(PA)CAP: pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide mediates behavioral effects of alcohol withdrawal" A commentary by Drs. Pirino and Barson on our recently published paper "Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) modulates dependence-induced alcohol drinking and anxiety-like behavior in male rats."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-020-00922-2

11/16/2020

Our new article showing that the PACAP system of the BNST plays a major role in the "dark side" of alcohol addiction has just been published in Neuropsychopharmacology (Nature Publishing Group). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-020-00904-4

05/30/2020

Another paper from our lab: "Consummatory, Feeding Microstructural, and Metabolic Effects Induced by Limiting Access to Either a High-Sucrose or a High-Fat Diet"

Background: Binge eating disorder (BED) is characterized by recurrent binge eating episodes consisting of rapid consumption of excessive amounts of highly palatable, energy-dense food within discrete periods of time. The aim of this study was to test the consummatory, food microstructural, and metab...

05/30/2020

Check out the new paper from our laboratory: "The Alpha-1 Adrenergic Receptor Antagonist Prazosin Reduces Binge-Like Eating in Rats"

Background: Binge-eating disorder is a pervasive addiction-like disorder that is defined by excessive and uncontrollable consumption of food within brief periods of time. The aim of the current study was to examine the role of the brain noradrenergic system in binge-like eating through the use of th...