Apurva Chitre (Research Project 4) presented poster “Genetic analysis of multiple measures of locomotor activity in 2,325 outbred heterogeneous stock rats”: Dr. Keita Ishiwari (Research Project 3) presented poster “Effects of environmental enrichment on behavioral measures of behavioral regulation in heterogeneous stock rats”: Connor Martin (Research Project 3) presented poster “Genome-wide association study of behavioral … Read more…
Project Number: 1 U01 DA 045300 Dates: 4/1/18 – 3/31/23 Source: NIH/NIDA Title: The Genetic Basis of Opioid Dependence Vulnerablility in a Rodent Model Goal Statement: This project will employ advanced behavioral models and an integrated high throughput genomics approach to examine outbred rats for vulnerability or resistance to the development of compulsive opiate self-administration. … Read more…
Manuscript “Neurogenetic Determinants and Mechanisms of Addiction to Nicotine and Smoked Tobacco” by B. Sharp H. Chen is accepted for publication to the European Journal of Neuroscience on Sept 18, 2018.
Suzanne Mitchell received U01DA046077, to work with HS rats, in collaboration with Dr. Palmer. The title is ““IDENTIFICATION OF GENETIC FEATURES OF DELAY DISCOUNTING USING A HETEROGENEOUS STOCK RAT MODEL”
Bahati Nkera, the summer intern in Suzanne Mitchel lab (OSHU) received an award for his poster presentation” The Genetics of Delay Discounting: Using and Adjusting-Amount Procedure in GPM6B Knockout Rats”. Congratulations!