A division of the Molecular Targets and Medications Discovery Branch
Unit Director
Contact
Location:
Biomedical Research Center
251 Bayview Boulevard
Suite 200
Baltimore, MD 21224
Phone: 443-740-2517
Email: zxi@intra.nida.nih.gov
About the Lab
The Addiction Biology Unit’s ongoing projects include:
- Mechanism-based medication development for treatment of addiction
- Optogenetic investigation of brain neural circuits modulating reward and aversion
- Development of magnetogenetic techniques to control drug-taking and drug-seeking behavior
- Development of nanomedicine and brain-target drug delivery techniques for treatment of addiction