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 NameResearch FocusKeywordsLaboratories / Institutes Caitlin Orsini Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Behavioral Neuroscience • Decision Making • Anxiety Disorders • Substance Use DisordersDrug addiction / Genetics / Protein Biomarkers / Sex DifferencesOrsini Lab Elizabeth Lippard Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Mood Disorders • Bipolar Disorders • Alcohol Use Disorders • Depression, • Neuroimaging • Developmental neuroscience Technology & Drugs Development • Transdermal Alcohol MonitoringBipolar Disorder / StressThe Main Lab Laureen Dobbs Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neuroscience • Neural Circuits of Addiction • Polysubstance AbuseBehavioral Models / Synaptic Transmission & Plasticity / Opiates / Behavioral Neuroscience / ElectrophysiologyDobbs Lab Lief Ericsson Fenno Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Optogenetic • Gene Therapy • Mental Illness • Drug AddictionNeuroscience / Opioids / Synthetic Biology / Viral EngineeringMolecular Engineering, Design & Discovery Lab Micky Marinelli Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neurobiological Addiction • MotivationNeurosciences/ Addiction / Motivation / Stress / Adolescence / DopamineThe 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 SignalingMessing Lab