What is the way we learn drug addiction? In our fourth episode, Erin CalipariAssociate Professor of Pharmacology and Director of Vanderbilt Center for Addiction ResearchJoin the provost C. Cybele RAVER for an enlightening conversation. In this episode, they discuss the core accumbens – the part of our brain which helps us to connect signals and results – and dissect how it affects the ways in which decisions we make that can lead to dependencies, food or behavior drugs.
Thanks to interdisciplinary research, Calipari and his team find the answers to questions such as “Tiktok is really addictive?” And “How does the brain connect habits to environments?” – All towards a better understanding of dependence.
Barely eight years after his career, Calipari has already won millions of support for research funding and a prize for career and research on the search for Society for Neuroscience 2024.
This episode was recorded before the National Institute of Health (NIH) announced potential reductions for funding.
Credits
THE Quantum potential The podcast is produced by Vanderbilt University. The management team includes Metanoya Z. Webb, director of content and editorial strategy and editor -in -chief Vanderbilt magazineand Sydney Jones-Wright, Director of Communications for Academic Affairs. Patrick Sams is the main social media specialist and Maisie Wilson is the director of a senior creative project. Mike Todd is the director of the visual media of the university.
A special thank you to Jad Abumrad, Vanderbilt University, distinguished research teacher of science and technology communication and the executive producer of potential quantum potential and video series.
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