RSA Selects NIAAA’s Dr. David Goldman for Distinguished Researcher Award
The Research Society on Alcoholism ( RSA) has selected David Goldman, M.D., of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to receive the Distinguished Researcher Award. This award recognizes a senior researcher who, through sustained, long-term commitment to conducting alcohol research, has made outstanding scientific contributions to the field. Dr. Goldman is chief of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics...
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Advisory Council Agenda for September 19-20, 2012
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM AGENDA 131th Meeting of the NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM September 19-20, 2012 Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 5:30 to 7:00 PM. 5635 Fishers Lane Terrace Level Conference Room Rockville, MD 20852 CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC 5:30 REVIEW OF GRANT APPLICATIONS...
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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.”...
NIH study identifies brain circuits involved in learning and decision making
Finding has implications for alcoholism and other patterns of addictive behavior Research from the National Institutes of Health has identified neural circuits in mice that are involved in the ability to learn and alter behaviors. The findings help to explain the brain processes that govern choice and the ability to adapt behavior based on the end results. Researchers think this...
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Moderate Drinking During Pregnancy Alters Gene Expression in the Placenta
Many children adversely affected by maternal drinking during pregnancy cannot be identified early in life using current diagnostic criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). In the current study, conducted with pregnant rats, researchers examined whether ethanol-induced alterations in placental gene expression may be useful as diagnostic indicators of maternal drinking during pregnancy and as a prognostic indicators of risk...
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COGA Suggests Genetic LOCI for P3 Brain Wave Abnormaility
Washington, D.C. Drs. Henri Begleiter and Bernice Porjesz, Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, and colleagues in the six-university Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) identify in the May Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology (Volume 108, Number 3) chromosomal regions that may underlie the functional organization of human neuroelectric activity, including the...
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About Edith Sullivan, Keller Award Honoree
Each year NIAAA presents the Mark Keller Award to an outstanding researcher who has made significant and long-term contributions to our understanding of how alcohol affects the body and mind, how we can prevent and treat alcohol use disorders, and how today's scientific advancements can provide hope for tomorrow. This year's Keller Award recipient and lecturer is Dr. Edith V...