Results for "Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research"

Understanding the mechanisms of ion channel function and the role of ion channels in electrical signaling and physiology

Molecular neurobiology and genetics of ion channels in Drosophila; a mix of molecular biology, electrophysiology, genetics and behavior. Molecular biology of ion channels in neurons and muscles.

The overall goal is to define the molecular actions of alcohol and related drugs on brain signalling systems and to understand the molecular basis of genetic differences in alcohol susceptibility. Our approach has…

Neural circuits and substrates underlying opioid and cocaine abuse. 

The Dobbs lab takes a systems-level approach to identify the neural substrates, circuits and behavioral motivations driving substance…

Neural regulation of motivated behaviors, especially mating; sexual behavior as a prototypic model for understanding motivation and its associated disorders; neuroendocrinological factors of depression and addiction…

For Spring 2020-2021, the focus of our research is to develop a software analyses program that will automate tabulation and categorization of ultrasonic vocalization (USV) data. USVs have been used as a direct…

The Ellington lab is primarily interested in high-throughput synthetic biology methods for the development of diagnostics and therapeutics. During the pandemic, we developed a wide variety of diagnostic assays that…

My career has focused on the etiology and development of alcohol abuse and associated negative consequences among adolescents and young adults; individual, environmental, and social factors that influence the…