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NIH Green Labs Program

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]

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Reviews To Read

Controversies in Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Kratom Use Disorder.

Reviews To Read – August 2024. Published in Current Psychiatry Reports by Kirsten Smith, David  Epstein & Stephanie Weiss of the NIDA IRP Translational Addiction Medicine Branch. This publication arose because Dr. Weiss was asked to write about “kratom misuse” for a kratom-focused issue of Current Psychiatry Reports.  She agreed to contribute, but with a change… [Read More]

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Frontostriatal regulation of brain circuits contributes to flexible decision making

Featured Paper of the Month – June 2025
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology by Ying Duan and  Yihong Yang of the NIDA IRP Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Section.

In this study, we confirmed the role of the mPFC-NAc pathway in behavioral flexibility using a set-shifting task in rats. We then evaluated the causal effects of mPFC-NAc activation on whole-brain activity and functional connectivity measured by functional MRI.

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