CHARTOFF LAB
Neurobiology of Motivated Behavior Laboratory (NMBL)
Basic Neuroscience Division
McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School
RESEARCH
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn."
-Xunzi, Confucian philosopher
LAB GOAL: COMBINING MOLECULAR GENETIC APPROACHES TO STUDY MOTIVATED BEHAVIORS RELATED TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
AMPA RECEPTOR GLUTAMATE TRANSMISSION IN THE NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS IS NECESSARY FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SIGNS OF OPIOID WITHDRAWAL.
MAPPING NEURAL CIRCUITS INVOLVED IN OPIOID WITHDRAWAL-INDUCED EXCITATION OF THE NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS.
