The Neuroscience of Drug Abuse: This episode features AU Professor of Neuroscience Dr. Anthony Riley discussing his research on the neuroscience of drug abuse. Drugs cause both positive and negative effects on the brain; drug use becomes problematic when negative effects overwhelm the brain’s ability to compensate. Dr Riley discusses the policy challenges revealed by the neuroscience of addiction, including what he sees as one of the biggest problems—namely, relapse. Riley, Davidson and Carle also discuss gene expression, adolescence, the microbiome, and other factors that affect likelihood of drug use escalation and therefore are important to public policy interventions. More about Dr. Riley and his research can be found here https://www.american.edu/cas/faculty/alriley.cfm.
Season 3: Episode (2) New Research and Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias
Season 3: (Episode 1) Medical Interventions to Treat Obesity: How They Work
Dealing with the Brain Effects of Racism
The Effects on the Brain of Islamophobia and Other Forms of Discrimination
The Links between Dignity Neuroscience and International Human Rights Law
What is Dignity Neuroscience?
The Neuroscience of How Babies See Faces
What Neuroscience Can Teach Us about Sex Differences
In Memoriam: Dr. Jay Schulkin
Season 2: Episode 1 The Connections between Neuroscience and the Classical Philosophical Pragmatists
Episode 8: Neuroscience and Anti-Discrimination Law
Episode 7: Foods that harm and foods that protect the brain
Episode 6: : Chemical Weapons: The Science and the Policy
Episode 5: Stress, Drugs and Food: A Conversation between an Economist and Two Neuroscientists
Episode 3: Neuro-Myths in Education Policy
Episode 2: The Use of Food and Drug Laws to Control the Obesity Pandemic
Episode 1: How the Western Diet Harms the Brain
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