Primary Recipient

RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE

Amount

$955,027.00

Award Date

8/01/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Similar to dopamine, glutamate regulation of the reward circuitry involves inputs to the ventral tegmental area and the nucleus accumbens. Functional dysregulation of the circuits has been proposed as neural substrates of drug dependence. Since neuroadapt