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Two scientists affiliated with the NADIA Consortium have been recognized by the Research Society on Alcohol. Subhash Pandey, Ph.D., received the 2023 RSA Distinguished Researcher Award. Dr. Pandey, an endowed professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, leads NADIA’s Epigenetic/Molecular Core as well as a research component titled Adolescent...

Fall Semester—A Time for Parents To Discuss the Risks of College Drinking | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) (nih.gov)  

Recorded webinar: “Alcohol and the Teenage Brain” from the Society for Neuroscience and BrainFacts.org, featuring Dr. Donita Robinson and Dr. Bonnie Nagel. Teens are wired to seek novel, exciting experiences and take risks. All too often, that leads to experimentation with drugs and alcohol. The teen brain is especially sensitive...

A drug used to slow cognitive decline in adults with Alzheimer’s disease appears to reverse brain inflammation and neuron damage in rats exposed to alcohol during adolescence., according to a recently published article by Scott Swartzwelder, professor of psychiatry at Duke and a member of the NADIA Consortium. Read more:...

Dr. Scott Swartzwelder’s book, Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy, has been published in its 5th edition. It has been published in seven languages and is widely used by treatment professionals and the general public.   Scott Swartzwelder is a professor of...

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-funded-rodent-study-finds-molecular-link-between-adolescent-alcohol-use-adult-anxiety   NIH-funded rodent study finds molecular link between adolescent alcohol use and adult anxiety

“The part of the brain that is doing most of the heavy lifting to encode new memory is called the hippocampus,” said Scott Swartzwelder, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University. “It’s a structure that happens to be very, very sensitive to alcohol.”  

http://dailyorange.com/2018/03/cdc-study-shows-1-6-american-adults-binge-drink/  

https://corporate.dukehealth.org/news-listing/alzheimers-drug-repairs-brain-damage-after-alcohol-binges-rodents http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5401271/Alzheimers-drug-reverse-effects-teen-drinking.html

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-releases-first-dataset-unprecedented-study-adolescent-brain-development