Award
National Institute on Drug Abuse 5F32DA063284-02
Specificity and stability of cocaine ensembles
Recipient
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Award Amount
$81,440.00
Ceiling
$81,440.00
Awarded
June 03, 2026
Identifier
5F32DA063284-02
This award funds a study investigating how cocaine use affects neural activity related to drug and non-drug rewards in the brain's nucleus accumbens, aiming to elucidate mechanisms of cocaine use disorder.
Description
A research project to understand the neural mechanism by which cocaine self-administration differentially alters the neural encoding of drug and non-drug reinforcers, focusing on the nucleus accumbens and medium spiny neurons in animal models.