The UT Health San Antonio, with missions of teaching, research and healing, is one of the country’s leading health sciences universities.
Principal Investigator(s)
Dougherty, Donald M
Funded by
NIH-NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
Collaborating Institutions
UTAUSTIN UMB
This competing renewal of our longitudinal project proposes to elucidate mechanisms driving the initiationand progression of substance use is consistent with NIDA and NIMH's recently outlined strategic plans (NIDA,2016; NIH CRAN, 2015; NIMH, 2015) prioritizing research on the period between adolescence and youngadulthood. Defining features of typical adolescent development are increases in sensation seeking followed bymore gradual increases in impulse control (described by the Dual Systems model).
The UT Health San Antonio, with missions of teaching, research and healing, is one of the country’s leading health sciences universities.
Principal Investigator(s)
Fisher, Alfred L
Funded by
NIH-NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS & STROKE
Collaborating Institutions
SWRI
The consumption of 3 fatty acid-rich foods is associated with multiple health benefits, including theprevention of cardiovascular and neurologic diseases. However, while the dietary consumption of these fattyacids often shows benefits, the use of fish-oil containing capsules and other supplements to augment theintake of ?-3 fatty acids has produced largely negative results on these health outcomes in clinical trials.
