The gap between basic research advances and new clinical insights and treatments remains a critical obstacle to progress in the field of alcoholism research. This translational neuroscience mission is the enduring focus of the Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism (CTNA). CTNA conducts groundbreaking molecular neuroscience, molecular genetics, functional and chemical neuroimaging, and psychopharmacology studies in the service of providing new insights to bridge the gap between basic and clinical research. This renewal application will study mechanisms through which disturbances in glutamate and dopamine neurotransmission within cortico-limbic circuitry promote the development of pathological drinking. Building on this perspective and its prior achievements, CTNA will conduct the first translational neuroscience initiative in alcoholism research focusing on a signaling mechanism linking dopamine and glutamate neurotransmission, and test its implications for the treatment of alcoholism. It will facilitate transdisciplinary research within projects and across projects. It will also continue its highly productive Pilot Projects Core that provides an open competitive mechanism to enable the Center to rapidly encompass innovative new research and to engage outstanding investigators new to alcoholism research. CTNA will continue to expand its educational mission, building on the success of the NIAAA Research Fellowship and the International Conference on the Applications of Neuroimaging to Alcoholism.

Public Health Relevance

The projects outlined in this renewal application address brain mechanisms through which the heritable risk for alcoholism evolves into human alcoholism. In so doing, it may guide the development of novel preventive strategies. It addresses the public health impact of alcoholism by testing novel treatments for pathological drinking.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Type
Specialized Center (P50)
Project #
2P50AA012870-16
Application #
8978019
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAA1)
Program Officer
Matochik, John A
Project Start
2001-06-04
Project End
2021-05-31
Budget Start
2016-06-01
Budget End
2017-05-31
Support Year
16
Fiscal Year
2016
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Yale University
Department
Psychiatry
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
043207562
City
New Haven
State
CT
Country
United States
Zip Code
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