Videos

Investigating Drug Use: Brain Imaging

 |  Thomas Ross, staff scientist in the Neuroimaging Research Branch at the NIDA, uses brain imaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate issues in drug abuse.

Investigating Drug Use: Brain Neurons

 |  Carl Lupica, Chief of the Electrophysiology Research Section at NIDA, primarily works with brain slices obtained from animals that have either acutely or chronically been exposed to abused drugs.

Saving Lives with Peer Support

 |  Opioids are increasing the rates of overdose. But death is not inevitable. Peer support specialist Chetwyn “Arrow” Archer helps others connect with lifesaving care and tools, including overdose reversal medications