Open Access Graduate Level Lectures
At the Scripps Research Institute, there is an opportunity to take the Neurobiology of Alcohol and Drug Addiction course, which features open access graduate level lectures led by our esteemed alcohol research staff. This course delivers an in-depth exploration of neural circuits and signaling mechanisms, examining how long-term substance abuse can impact brain function and contribute to addiction. Students will engage with a comprehensive curriculum covering molecular, genetic, and behavioral aspects of addiction and will benefit from insights into relapse and medication development.
Neurobiology of Alcohol and Drug Addiction - NEURO550
Course Directors: Barbara Mason and Eric Zorrilla
Term: Fall (every other year)
Credits: 3.0
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course focuses on the interactions between neural circuits and neurosignaling mechanisms that provide well-regulated brain function, and how premorbid conditions, genetic predisposition, and long-term drug exposure dysregulates these mechanisms in a manner leading to the psychopathology of addiction. Lectures will cover various levels of neuroscientific analysis ranging from neurodevelopment, neurogenesis, synaptic plasticity, neurocircuitry, neuroimaging and behavioral analysis in both laboratory animals and humans. The neuropsychopharmacology of all major classes of abused drugs will be covered, along with potential therapeutic uses of several drug classes. Topics of medications development and clinical approaches for the treatment of addiction will be covered.
Featured Course Lecturers
The course includes lectures from a distinguished group of experts, such as:
Dr. Eric Zorrilla
Dr. Barbara Mason
Dr. George Koob
Dr. Amanda Roberts
Dr. Marisa Roberto
Dr. Candice Contet
Dr. Laura Bohn
Dr. Chitra Mandyam
Dr. Olivier George
Dr. Bryan Cruz
Dr. Wong Nguyen
Dr. Scott Hansen
Dr. Kirill Martemyanov
Dr. Remi Martin-Fardon
Dr. Matzeu
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Course Lectures:
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