Previously unrecognized pathways in mice have relevance for mental health and addiction research Researchers have identified connections between neurons in brain systems associated with reward, stress, and emotion. Conducted in mice, the new study may help untangle multiple psychiatric conditions, including alcohol use disorder, anxiety disorders, insomnia, and depression in humans. “Understanding these intricate brain systems will be critical for...

The Summer 2016 issue of NIH MedlinePlus magazine spotlights the following: Alcohol, Medicines, and Aging Improper Medication Use Rising Among Older Adults Quiz: Alcohol and Medications

NIAAA shares the sad news that Dale Hereld, M.D., Ph.D., passed away on Friday, April 26, 2024. Dr. Hereld's areas of expertise included signal transduction and chemotaxis. He joined to NIAAA in 2008 to oversee the basic research portfolio on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) within the Division of Metabolism and Health Effects (DMHE). Dr. Hereld contributed to FASD-related research...

Nick Jury is a Postdoctoral researcher in the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Studying in the Laboratory of Behavioral & Genomic Neuroscience, Nick is looking at the differences of alcohol abuse in males and females.

Alcohol consumption and its harms are common among young people, including those who are below the legal drinking age of 21. Some people argue that the current age-21 drinking limit in the United States is “not working,” and propose that the drinking age be lowered to 18. Researchers recently conducted economic analyses to estimate the effects of the minimum legal...

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE AGENDA Second Joint Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM, NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON DRUG ABUSE, AND NATIONAL CANCER ADVISORY BOARD February 5, 2014 Wednesday, 8:30 AM-12:30 PM Wilson Hall, Bldg One, NIH Rockville...

Less than 10 percent of people with alcohol use disorder receive treatment. Come chat with NIAAA and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) about the addiction #TreatmentGap in honor of Alcohol Awareness Month. Scientific Expert: Dr. Lori Ducharme.

In addition to various major initiatives, NIAAA supports the following: Center for Inherited Disease Research Gene Array Technology Center for Alcohol Research (GATC) Human "Brain Bank" Tissue for Alcohol Research For a complete list of NIAAA-funded extramural research projects since 1988, see the NIH RePORTER database.

At the June 10th meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, a proposal to establish a new Division of Medications Development within the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) was announced. For additional details, view the slides at https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/sites/default/files/Reorg_creationMedDevDivCo…

Welcome to my first-ever NIAAA Director’s Blog. I look forward to using this space to discuss significant advances in alcohol research and to highlight work supported by NIAAA. In this first installment, I would like to introduce you to an exciting and important new online resource developed by NIAAA – the Alcohol Treatment Navigator. >> CONTINUE...

Andrew Holmes, Ph.D., chief of the Laboratory of Behavioral and Genomic Neuroscience at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, has been selected as the 2012 recipient of the Jacob P. Waletzky Award from the Society for Neuroscience. The $25,000 prize is given in recognition of innovative research into substance abuse...

MEETING OF THE INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 5635 Fishers Lane, Terrace Level Conference Center, Rockville, Maryland 20852 Wednesday, April 15, 2015 AGENDA 8:30 A.M. Welcome, Introductions, and Comments Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D., Deputy Director, NIAAA, NIH; ICCFASD Chairperson 8:40 A.M. Overview of 6th International FASD Conference Peggy Murray, Ph.D...

MEETING OF THE INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 5635 Fishers Lane, Terrace Level Conference Center, Rockville, Maryland 20852 VIEW VIDEO: https://videocast.nih.gov MEETING SUMMARY Thursday, April 13, 2017 AGENDA 8:30 A.M. Welcome, Introductions, and Comments Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, NIAAA, NIH; ICCFASD Chairperson 8:50 A.M. Overview of ICCFASD Mission...

2017 MEETING OF THE INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS View the meeting summary at www.niaaa.nih.gov/about-niaaa/our-work/interagency-coordinating-committ… Thursday, April 13, 2017 2017 Agenda 8:30 A.M. Welcome, Introductions, and Comments Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, NIAAA, NIH; ICCFASD Chairperson 8:50 A.M. Overview of ICCFASD Mission and Goals Marcia S. Scott, Ph.D., Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research, NIAAA, NIH...

See the latest issue of our webzine at www.spectrum.niaaa.nih.gov -- featuring articles on NIAAA’s National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA) study and NIH’s multi-Institute Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. Also see five questions with Trish Powell, Ph.D., Associate Director for Scientific Initiatives at NIAAA, binge drinking by the numbers, a closer look at alcohol monitoring technology...

Less than 10 percent of people with alcohol use disorder receive treatment. Come chat with NIAAA and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) about the addiction #TreatmentGap in honor of Alcohol Awareness Month. When: 1:00p.m. ET, April 28, 2017 Where: https://twitter.com/niaaanews Scientific Expert: Dr. Lori Ducharme, NIAAA Division of Treatment and Recovery Research

More than 7,500 children recruited for study to date; data available for first 4,500 The National Institutes of Health today released to the scientific community an unparalleled dataset from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. To date, more than 7,500 youth and their families have been recruited for the study, well over half the participant goal. Approximately 30 terabytes...

Almost 10 million U.S. adults report misusing prescription opioids in 2012-2013 Nonmedical use of prescription opioids more than doubled among adults in the United States from 2001-2002 to 2012-2013, based on a study from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. Nearly 10 million Americans, or 4.1 percent of the adult...

Data from a recent epidemiologic survey of more than 43,000 U.S. adults show that antisocial syndromes-marked by little concern for the rights of others and violations of age-appropriate societal rules-are more common among people with substance abuse disorders than those without these disorders. The study by researchers from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and National Institute on Alcohol...

In an article appearing in the May 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), addiction researchers at the National Institutes of Health compared marijuana use in the U.S. adult population in 1991-92 and 2001-02. They found that the number of people reporting use of the drug remained substantially the same in both time periods, but the...