Recent Grants Awarded to CDAP Research

NIH has acknowledged the caliber of CDAP's work by awarding five grants to the following PI's:

Howard Becker, PhD 
L. Judson Chandler, PhD 
Scott H. Stewart, MD 
John Woodward, PhD 

Research Society on Alcoholism 2009 Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA 

Faculty and Postdocs from the Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs attended the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in June. This week-long conference included poster presentations and symposia presented by addiction researchers and investigators from across the country.

Below is the extensive list of poster presentations by our own CDAP scholars:

Abernathy KE, Chandler LJ. Chronic Alcohol Exposure Induces Working Memory Deficits and Disrupts the Phase-Locking of Prefrontal Activity to the Hippocampal Theta Rhythm. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Anton RF. Update on Analytic Methods and Clinical Utility of %CDT in Screening and Monitoring of Heavy Drinking. Symposium Discussant and Oral presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Badanich KA, Kirstein CL. Effects of Chronic Methylphenidate Treatment During Adolescence on Sweetened Ethanol and Saccharin Intake. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Becker HC, Cunningham Overstreet MM, Holmes A, Lovinger D. Altered Ethanol Discriminability in NR2A Deficient Mice. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Becker HC, Melendez RI, Griffin WC, Lopez MF. Role of BDNF in Prefrontal Cortex in Ethanol Dependence and Relapse Drinking. Oral presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Becker HC, Melendez RI, Griffin III WC, Sanchez JT, Lopez MF. Role of BDNF in Prefrontal Cortex in Ethanol Dependence and Relapse Drinking. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Book SW, Back SE, Santos AB, Uhde TW, Brady KT. MUSC’s Drug Abuse Research Training (DART) Program: A Model for Training Addiction Physician-Scientists. Oral presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Carrara-Nascimento P, Pastrello DM, Soares SL, Rueda AVL, Griffin WC, Olive MF, Camarini R. Influence of Age on Accumbal Glutamate Release Induced by Ethanol in Swiss Mice. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Chan G, Douglas K, Gelernter J, Arias AJ, Anton RF, Weiss RD, Bardy K, Poling J, Farrer L, Kranzler HR. Adverse Childhood Events as Risk Factors for Alcohol and Drug Dependence. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Chandler LJ, Woodward JJ, Abernathy K, Kroener S. Alcohol Alters Network Activity and Information Flow Within the Prefrontal Cortex. Oral presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Gass JT, Olive MF. Cue-Induced Alcohol-Seeking Behavior but Not Food-Seeking Behavior is Associated with Increases in Basolateral Amygdala Glutamate Transmission. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Griffin III WC, McGovern RW, Novak AJ, Middaugh LD, Patrick KS. Low Dose Alcohol and Methylphenidate Interactions in C57BL/6J Mice. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Griffin III WC, Mulholland PJ, Deegan DL, Sanchez JT, Randall JS, Chandler LJ, Becker HC. Effects of Chronic Intermittent Ethanol Exposure on Extracellular Glutamate Levels in the Accumbens of C57BL/6J Mice. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Lopez MF, Griffin III WC, Overstreet MP, Becker HC. Brain Regional CRF Levels, Plasma Corticosterone Levels, and Ethanol Intake in Ethanol-Dependent C57BL/6J Mice. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Lopez MF, Griffin III WC, Overstreet MP, Fernandes KG, Middaugh LD, Becker HC. Amount and Duration of Chronic Intermittent Ethanol Exposure Critically Determine the Escalation in Drinking in Dependent Mice. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Middaugh LD. Vigabatrin Attenuates Reward Value of Ethanol-Related Cues. Oral presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Miller PM, Heideman P, Ravenel MC, Spangler J, Mauldin M, Hill EG. Development and Evaluation of an Online Alcohol Screening Curriculum for Dental Students. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Mulholland PJ, Chandler LJ. Homeostatic Adaptive Plasticity Associated with Chronic Ethanol Exposure Involves Reduced Expression of Surface Kv4.2 Channels in Hippocampus. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Myrick H, Li X, Randall P, Henderson S, Anton R. The Effect of Aripiprazole on Cue-Induced Brain Activation and Drinking Parameters in Alcoholics. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Pava MJ, Woodward JJ. The Role of the Endocannabinoid System in Mediating the Effects of Ethanol in Prefrontal Cortex Neurons in vitro. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Randall C, Zweben McCool AB, Molina P, Leonard K. RSA Grantsmanship Workshop. Oral presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Smith JP, Tonigan JS. Relative Engagement and Benefit from Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Among Alcoholics Living Alone. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Smith JP, Tran GQ, Randall C. Gender Differences in Young Adults' Help-Seeking Attitudes and Intentions for Alcohol Problems. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Smothers CT, Jin C, Woodward JJ. Effect of N-Terminal Domains of NR1 and NR2 Subunits on Ethanol Inhibition of Recombinant NMDA Receptors. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Thomas SE, Morrow K, Miller PM, White NM. The Wheel of Pourtune: A Novel Approach to Teaching Alcohol Literacy in the Community. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Woodward JJ. Defining Molecular Factors that Influence NMDA Receptor’s Sensitivity to Acute Alcohol. Oral presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Wyatt L, Asatryan L, Woodward JJ, Alkana RL, Davies DL. Developing a Lentiviral Gene Delivery System to Investigate the Role of Purinergic P2X Receptors in Alcohol-Induced Behaviors in the CNS. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Xu M, Smothers CT, Woodward JJ. Ethanol Inhibition of Spontaneously Active NMDA Receptors. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Xu M, Smothers CT, Woodward JJ. Ethanol Sensitivity of Cysteine-Substituted NMDA Receptors Following Thiol Modification. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.

Xu M, Smothers CT, Woodward JJ. Role of NR1 Phosphorylation in Regulating Ethanol Inhibition of Recombinant NMDA Receptors. Poster presentation, Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2009.