Addiction

Addiction is a developmental disease that typically develops during childhood or adolescence. Most drugs of abuse target the brain’s reward system by flooding the circuit with dopamine

With over 21 million of American suffering from addiction and a yearly death rate of 100’000 Americans, there is a strong need for research to stop the current epidemic. At the Mulva Clinic for the Neurosciences researchers team up with the Waggoner Center for Alcohol & Addiction Research to find solution and care for the patients.

Useful keywords: Dopamine, Addiction, Drug Use, Alcohol Use, …

Meet some of our leading researchers:

Researcher Name	Research Focus	Keywords	Laboratories / Institutes
Caitlin Orsini	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Behavioral Neuroscience • Decision Making • Anxiety Disorders • Substance Use Disorders	Drug addiction / Genetics / Protein Biomarkers / Sex Differences	Orsini Lab
Elizabeth Lippard	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Mood Disorders • Bipolar Disorders • Alcohol Use Disorders • Depression, • Neuroimaging • Developmental neuroscience Technology & Drugs Development • Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring	Bipolar Disorder / Stress	The Main Lab
Laureen Dobbs	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neuroscience • Neural Circuits of Addiction • Polysubstance Abuse	Behavioral Models / Synaptic Transmission & Plasticity / Opiates / Behavioral Neuroscience / Electrophysiology	Dobbs Lab
Lief Ericsson Fenno	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Optogenetic • Gene Therapy • Mental Illness • Drug Addiction	Neuroscience / Opioids / Synthetic Biology / Viral Engineering	Molecular Engineering, Design & Discovery Lab
Micky Marinelli	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neurobiological Addiction • Motivation	Neurosciences/ Addiction / Motivation / Stress / Adolescence / Dopamine	The Neuroscience of Addiction and Motivation
Robert O. Messing	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Pain • Substance Use Disorders • Neuroimmune Signaling • Neuropeptides Technology & Drugs Development • Kinase Inhibitors	Neuroscience / Addiction / Pain / Signal Transduction / Translational Neuroscience / Neuroimmune Signaling	Messing Lab