Revised September 2012
NIDA's Neuroscience Consortium organized the 8th annual Frontiers in Addiction Research Mini-Convention held at the 2009 Society for Neuroscience Meeting, October 16, 2009 in Chicago, IL.
Presentations included:
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Non-Cannabinoid Receptor-Mediated Actions of Endo-Cannabinoids
Ken Mackie, Mary Abood, Daniele Piomelli, Ken Hargreaves -
Delayed Neurobiological Plasticity in Drug Abuse and Chronic Pain
Julie Blendy, Bruce Hope, David Borsook, Michel Barrot -
Epigenetics, Central Nervous System Function and Disease
Nathaniel Heintz, Paul J. Kenney, Li-Huei Tsai -
Neurotrophic Factors and Drug Addiction
Mart Saarma, Yavin Shaham, David W. Self, Jacqueline F. McGinty
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