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Advances in science have generated compelling evidence that addiction is a complex disease of the brain. Often, the first time a drug is taken, it’s a choice – intended to achieve a pleasurable, short-lived emotional state. Repeated use disrupts the fine balance that normally exists among brain circuits underlying reward, motivation, memory and cognitive control. This discovery is leading to new and improved pharmaceutical, behavioral and combined treatments for addiction.| Event: | Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health, will speak on “Addiction & Self-Control: Research Discoveries Lead to Novel Treatments for Drug Addiction” as part of the Allergan Foundation Lecture Series in Modern Biology. |
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| Date: | Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
| Time: | 7 p.m. |
| Location: | Pacific Ballroom, UC Irvine Student Center (bldg. 113, grid E8 on campus map) |
| Supplemental Information: | The event is free and open to the public. Reception immediatley following the lecture. Media planning to attend should contact Janet Wilson at 949-824-3969 or janethw@uci.edu. Reservations are required and can be made at 949-824-2500 or biosci-events@uci.edu. Parking (complimentary for media) is available for $8 in the Student Center Parking Structure (SCPS) on Pereira Drive. For more information, see event postcard (pdf). |
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