Substance abuse

David A. Brent, M.D.
David A. Brent, M.D.
January 30, 2012

In 1988, NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee, David A. Brent, M.D. made significant discoveries leading to the identification of risk factors for youth suicide. Until his research in the late 1980s, the media...

Keming Gao, M.D., Ph.D. of Case Medical Center
Keming Gao, M.D., Ph.D.
November 15, 2011

For people with mood disorders such as bipolar disorder or major depressive disorder─complex, heterogeneous illnesses on their own─having other brain and behavior disorders at the same time is the rule rather than the...

Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD
Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD
September 12, 2011

While most studies focus on brain and behavior disorders as cause for substance abuse (ie., self-medication), Scientific Council Member Eric Nestler, M.D., Ph.D. and colleagues have discovered how substance abuse can...

Paul A. Slesinger, Ph.D.
Paul A. Slesinger, Ph.D.
April 01, 2011

Alcohol and drugs of abuse such as cocaine and methamphetamines are well known to alter the normal workings of the human brain. For scientists like Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Grantee Paul A. Slesinger, Ph.D...

Sports May Focus the Brain
Sports May Focus the Brain
March 25, 2011

NARSAD-Funded Researchers Find New Way to Uncover Drug Targets for Brain and Behavior Disorders
NARSAD Distinguished Investigators James Eberwine, Ph.D., and Tamas Bartfai, Ph.D., have found a way to uncover...

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