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From the way-up 🇨🇦 North. Now @BrownUNeuro looking at how memories are made and how alcohol and drugs of abuse influence this.
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Neuroscientists need to do better at explaining basic mental health research

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By Omar Abubaker, Karla R Kaun, Eric J. Nestler, Lauren Schenkman
| The Transmitter Verified
Over the past 20 years, our understanding of the brain and how things can go awry in disease has exploded, driven by advances in our ability to visualize, record and manipulate discrete circuits in the brain; in molecular biology and genetics; and in funding programs, such as the BRAIN Initiative, to bolster brain research. But much of this knowledge has not trickled down to nonscientists.
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Eric J. Nestler

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By Omar Abubaker, Karla R Kaun, Eric J. Nestler, Paul Middlebrooks
| The Transmitter Verified
Eric J. Nestler is Nash Family Professor of Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he also serves as director of the Friedman Brain Institute, dean of academic affairs and chief scientific officer. He received his B.A., Ph.D. and M.D. degrees, and psychiatry residency training, from Yale University.
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Karla Kaun

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By Omar Abubaker, Karla R Kaun, Eric J. Nestler, Paul Middlebrooks
| The Transmitter Verified
Associate professor of neuroscience Brown University Karla Kaun is associate professor of neuroscience at Brown University. She is a behavioral neurogeneticist with more than 20 years of experience investigating the fundamental principles of reward and addiction at the level of genes, molecules, circuits and behavior. She leads a highly collaborative research team that investigates how alcohol and drugs of misuse influence the molecular mechanisms underlying memory formation to induce cravings.
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