This $358,012 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) supports research on sex differences in the effects of adolescent binge drinking on somatostatin (SST) cell dynamics and exploratory behavior in mice. The key objectives of the research are to: 1) investigate the role of L-type calcium channels (LTCCs) as a mechanism through which SST cells are altered due to adolescent drinking, and 2) examine...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), supports research on the role of BNST PKCδ neurons in compulsive ethanol intake behaviors. The $156,204 award, with a period of performance from May 15, 2025 to April 30, 2027, will fund a study using in vivo fiber photometry and ex vivo slice wide-field calcium imaging to evaluate adaptations in BNST PKCδ neuron activity across ethanol...
This $242,310 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) federal grant program, will support research to investigate the effect of social influences on alcohol use across development. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Evaluating links between social influences (e.g., drinking peers, family/friend relationships) and alcohol misuse (e.g., binge drinking,...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) funding opportunity, will support research to characterize the effects of binge alcohol consumption on the neural mechanisms and social behavior mediated by serotonin receptor signaling in the lateral habenula. The total award amount is $594,760.84, with a period of performance from August 25, 2024 to July 31, 2027. The principal investigator and...
This Project Grant award, with the identification number R01AA031609, is funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) federal grant program. The $407,060 award supports research conducted by The Johns Hopkins University, a renowned private non-profit research institution, to examine the effects of chronic alcohol exposure on neural circuit function in rodent models of decision-making. The key objectives of this...
This $498,121.57 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), will support research to investigate the neural mechanisms that drive maladaptive coping strategies and subsequent alcohol use following exposure to stress. The principal investigator will utilize an animal model to study how dysfunction in the corticolimbic circuitry, specifically the prelimbic cortex and basolateral amygdala, contributes...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) federal grant program, is for a study to examine the occurrence of alcohol-induced blackouts among college students. The total funding amount is $145,642, with an award date of July 24, 2024 and an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2027. The study will utilize transdermal alcohol concentration (TAC) sensors to collect objective data on students'...
The federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) federal grant program, provides $711,808 to Yale University to support a research project titled "Tracking Brain Dynamics of the Acute Stress Response and Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Chronic Alcohol Consumption" over the period of Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2029. The key objectives of this project are to: 1) Develop and validate machine...
The University of Pittsburgh is the recipient of a $440,543 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273). This award, titled "ROLE OF CELL TYPE-SPECIFIC MOLECULAR RHYTHM DISRUPTION IN ALCOHOL USE DISORDER," will be used to investigate how molecular circadian rhythms are altered in specific cell types within the nucleus accumbens of the human brain in individuals with alcohol use...
This $349,738 project grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) is funding research at Ursinus College to investigate the role of microglial fractalkine signaling in altered dopaminergic wiring resulting from fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). The research aims to (1) define the developmental timing of alcohol-induced alterations in fractalkine signaling, and (2) determine the impact of these changes on...