Congratulations to the NIDA labs who participated and received awards in the 2023 NIH Green Labs Program! Molecular Neuropsychiatry Section, Adjei, Nasser – Gold Translational Analytical Core, Kryszak, Lindsay – Silver Neuronal Circuits and Behavior Section, Sarsfield, Sarah – Silver Integrative Neuroscience Research Branch, Neuronal Networks Section, Barbano, Flavia – Bronze Molecular Targets and Medications… [Read More]
Hot Off the Press
Midbrain signaling of identity prediction errors depends on orbitofrontal cortex networks
Hot Off the Press – April 10, 2024 Published in Nature Communications by Qingfang Liu and Thorsten Kahnt, et al. from the NIDA IRP Learning and Decision-Making Unit. Summary In this study, Qingfang Liu (Research Fellow in the LDMU) and colleagues show that identity prediction errors in the dopaminergic midbrain are computed based on outcome… [Read More]
Reviews To Read
Relapse after electric barrier-induced voluntary abstinence: A review
Reviews To Read – April 2024. Published in Current Opinion in Neurobiology by Kenichiro Negishi and Yavin Shaham of the NIDA IRP Neurobiology of Relapse Section. In this review we introduce the electric barrier conflict model of drug relapse and review studies on behavioral and neuropharmacological mechanisms of cue-induced relapse and incubation of drug seeking (time-dependent… [Read More]
Featured Papers
Ecological Momentary Assessment of Self-Reported Kratom Use, Effects, and Motivations Among US Adults
Featured Paper of the Month – JULY 2024
Published in Jama Network Open by Kirsten Smith and David Epstein, et al. of the NIDA IRP Real-world Assessment, Prediction, and Treatment Unit.
This was the first-ever study to use real-time, app-based monitoring of patterns and consequences of kratom use, in 357 people who used kratom daily or almost daily.
