A division of the Behavioral Neuroscience Research Branch
Section Chief
Contact
Location:
Biomedical Research Center
251 Bayview Blvd
Suite 200, Room 08A711
Baltimore, MD 21224
Phone: 443-740-2723
Fax: 443-740-2827
Email: Yshaham@intra.nida.nih.gov
About the Lab
We study neurobiological mechanisms of relapse to drug seeking and choice of drug versus non-drug rewards using rat models developed in the lab (Shaham group). We also study neurophysiological mechanisms of addictive drugs and motivated behavior (Kiyatkin group).
Current projects of Shaham group:
- Relapse to fentanyl seeking after palatable food choice-induced voluntary abstinence
- Relapse to oxycodone seeking after abstinence induced by adverse consequences of drug taking
- Context-induced relapse to heroin seeking
- Choice of remifentanil versus social reward in an operant model
Current projects of Kiyatkin group (In-vivo electrophysiology unit):
- Neurochemical mechanisms of opioid actions in the CNS
- Interactions of opioids with therapeutic drugs and other drugs of abuse
- Electrochemical evaluation of changes in brain oxygen and glucose
