| The Neuroimaging Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Intramural Research Program (IRP), is recruiting several postdoctoral fellows to study the neurobiological mechanisms of human drug abuse. Individuals with interests and background in cognitive and/or affective neuroscience, decision-making and neuroimaging (fMRI, EEG) are especially encouraged to apply. Depending on project, experience in or commitment to TMS research is also desired. Specific projects include: - The development of brain-based biomarkers to better predict drug use risk, treatment relapse and outcomes
- The development of brain-based endophenotypes of therapeutic TMS response in substance users and/or healthy controls
The lab employs a variety of neuroimaging and clinical instruments, including multimodal MRI (e.g. BOLD activation, resting connectivity, DTI, MRS, quantitative morphometry), genotyping and concurrent EEG to study the mechanisms of action of abused drugs, their effects on cognitive (e.g. attention, central executive processes, response inhibition, working memory, reward, decision making, learning) and affective processes (e.g., drug craving and interactions with emotional processes), and how their (dys)function(s) may be a factor in the consequences of and predisposition to human drug addiction as well as their ability to predict treatment response. |
