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NIH Grant Supports Nicotine Research in Women
Date: March 26, 2014 at 12:04 pm
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Date: March 26, 2014 at 12:04 pm
Laura E. O’Dell, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, has been awarded a five-year R01 grant for $2 million from the National Institutes of Health - National Institute on Drug Abuse, to fund her study, "Sex Differences in the Mechanisms that Promote Nicotine Reward and Withdrawal" The study will investigate the neural mechanisms that promote tobacco use in females.O’Dell joined UTEP in 2005. Her research interests are in the neural basis of drug addiction with a particular emphasis ....
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