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)
Hager, Audrey
Funded by
NIH-NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
Cocaine use disorder is a chronic disease that takes a huge toll on society, and there is currently a lackof understanding of the cellular and circuit adaptations that take place in response to contingent drug use.While studies have examined excitatory signaling, there has been less focus on inhibitoryneurotransmission in brain regions that play a central role in addictive behaviors.
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.