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UTEP Researchers Secure $2.8M NIH Grant to Advance Understanding of Addiction-Related Decision-Making

Researcher(s) Keywords:

  1. optogenetics
  2. modeling
  3. Huntington disease
  4. habenula.
  5. electrophysiology
  6. dopamine
  7. deep brain stimulation
  8. cost-benefit decision making
  9. cortex
  10. computation
  11. circuit physiology
  12. chemogenetic
  13. basal ganglia
  14. striosomes
  15. algorithm development

Featured Researcher(s):

Friedman, Alexander
College: Science
Department: Biological Sciences
Moschak, Travis
College: Science
Department: Biological Sciences
UTEP Researchers Secure $2.8M NIH Grant to Advance Understanding of Addiction-Related Decision-Making
Date: January 16, 2025



Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have been awarded a $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore the neurobiological mechanisms behind drug-taking behaviors and addiction.


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