| Date |
Guest Speaker |
Seminar Title |
09-01-05
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09-15-05
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David Self, PhD
Southwestern University |
"Regulation of Addictive Behavior by Neuroadaptations in the Mesolimbic Dopamine System" |
10-06-05
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Igor Elman, PhD
Maclean Hospital/Harvard |
"Emotional Numbing in PTSD: Neuroimaging of Reward Circuitry" |
10-20-05
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George Kunos, MD, PhD
National Institue on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |
"Alcoholism and Obesity: Is There a Link?" |
11-03-05
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Ivan Diamond, MD, PhD
University of California, San Fransico |
"Molecular Mechanisms of Alcoholism and Heroin Addiction: From Cell Biology to Therapy" |
11-17-05
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Marilyn Carroll, PhD
University of Minnesota |
"Influence of sex and ovarian hormones in several aspects of drug abuse: Animal models" |
12-01-05
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Michael Miles
VA Commonwealth University |
"Defining Brain Region-Specific Gene Networks Relevant to Ethanol Behaviors" |
12-15-05
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Sherry Steward, PhD
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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01-05-06 |
Charles Goodlett, PhD
Indiana University at Purdue |
"Animal Model Approaches to Prevention and Treatment of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders" |
01-19-06 |
Michael Davis, PhD
Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences and Psychology at
Emory University |
"Neural Systems Involved in Fear, Anxiety and Extinction" |
02-02-06 |
Klaus A. Miczek, PhD
Moses Hunt Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, Pharmacology and Neuroscience at
Tufts University |
"Social Stress, Anhedonia and Cocaine Binges" |
03-02-06 |
Markus Heiling, MD, PhD
NIAAA Clinical Director |
"Discovery, Validation and Development for Novel Alcoholism Treatment Targets: A view from the Dark Side" |
03-16-06 |
David Sulzer, PhD
Columbia Univ Medical Center |
"The AM and FM of central dopamine neurotransmission" |
04-06-06 |
Shelly Greenfield, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Associate Clinical Director, Alcohol and Drug Use Treatment Program, McLean Hospital |
"The Women's Recovery Group Study: A Stage I trial of women-focused group therapy for substance use disorders vs. mixed gender group drug counseling" |
04-20-06 |
Adolph Pfefferbaum, MD
Director, Neuroscience Program SRI International and Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University School of Medicine |
"Alcohol and the Brain: A Neuroimaging Perspective" |
05-04-06 |
Charles O'Brien, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania |
"Using Animal Models to Develop New Medications for Alcoholism" |
05-18-06 |
Kathleen Grant, PhD
Oregon Health Sci University |
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06-01-06 |
Kenneth Perkins, PhD
University of Pittsburg School of Medicine |
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06-15-06 |
Ming Xu, PhD
Professor Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care University of Chicago |
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The
NARC offers bimonthly seminars in collaboration with the other two addiction
research centers that focus on basic and
clinical research in addiction. The speakers are nationally and internationally
recognized leaders in the field of addiction. Prior to each seminar there
is a journal club meeting that discusses selected works of the speaker.
In addition, there are updates for the lay public on the biology and
clinical treatment of addiction. In addition to this web
page, there are other websites maintained in part by the NARC to provide
the most up to date information on addiction, clinical trials and various
help lines (buttons). Finally, as part of brain awareness week NARC faculty
partake in special teaching sessions in