Addiction

Illustration of a man stuck inside a pill bottle

Could we vaccinate against opioid addiction? with Sandra Comer and Marco Pravetoni

How do addictive drugs affect brain function? Study of mice highlights connections Illustration of dopamine axons

How do addictive drugs affect brain function? Study of mice highlights connections

In study of mice, researchers examine addiction, neurons and brain’s ability to recover

Researchers receive $17 million grant to fight opioid addiction in prisons Prison cell

Researchers receive $17 million grant to fight opioid addiction in prisons

Skin grafts protect mice from lethal cocaine doses Mouse

Skin grafts protect mice from lethal cocaine doses

Harriet de Wit BW

Harriet de Wit

Title: Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience; Professor, Neuroscience Institute; Director, Human Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory

Expertise: Addiction, Psychopharmacology

Departmental website: https://psychiatry.uchicago.edu/directory/harriet-de-wit-phd

Lab website: http://hbpl.uchicago.edu/