In conjunction with being a professor at UCSF, Dr. Patricia Janak heads a lab at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center. There, Patricia and her fellow scientists tackle questions related to drug and alcohol abuse.
In this week’s episode, she shares with us some of her work on alcohol and drug addiction. Learn why some addicts have sudden cravings for drugs or alcohol and about the brain regions that are necessary for a relapse to happen.
Keywords:
- Addiction
- Relapse
- Learning and memory
- Hippocampus and nucleus accumbens
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Posted: March 17th, 2010
Categories: Diseases, Techniques
Tags: addiction, Alcohol, relapse
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Categories: Diseases, Techniques
Tags: addiction, Alcohol, relapse
Comments: No Comments.