The goal of the Section on Neural Circuits is to understand how genetic and environmental insults affect the computation of neural signals within brain networks to cause neurodevelopmental disorders like autism, epilepsy and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

NIAAA grantee will discuss alcohol’s effects on adolescent development What: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, announces that Sandra A. Brown, Ph.D., will deliver a virtual presentation of the 2020 Jack Mendelson Honorary Lecture. The title of her presentation is “Discerning Risks and Effects of Alcohol in the Midst of...

Virtual Meeting Table of Contents NIAAA BUDGET DIRECTOR'S ACTIVITIES NIAAA COMMITMENT TO REDRESSING INEQUITITES IN THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY NIAAA COVID-19 RESPONSE STAFF TRANSITIONS RECENTLY ISSUED NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES NOTABLE NIAAA STAFF ACTIVITIES WHAT'S AHEAD? NIH RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS NIAAA COMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITIES NIAAA BUDGET Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 In FY 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) received a total of...

Budget Information: Funding: Strategy After receiving a budget allocation under the NIH Fiscal Operations Plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 that implements the H.R. 2882 – Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, signed by the President on March 23rd, 2024, the NIH and NIAAA established the financial management plans. The FY 2024 appropriation for NIAAA provides $595.3 million. This represents a...

Mechanisms for mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis in alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver and tissue injury – Dr. Song and his lab members have studied regulations and roles of the two enzymes involved in metabolism of alcohol and acetaldehyde: the ethanol-inducible cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) and mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2). In particular, the functional implications of increased CYP2E1 and decreased ALDH2...