Potentiation of fentanyl-induced respiratory depression by alcohol is not fully reversed by naloxone - PubMed The high frequency of opioid overdose deaths often involves co-use of alcohol, which is reported in approximately 30% of fentanyl fatalities. Both substances depress respiratory function, and their combined effects can be lethal. The present study investigated physiological parameters of respiratory …

Our work characterizing the respiratory depression caused by opioids and alcohols is finally out in the world! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41632547/

🧠🎙️ Assistant Professor @petemanza.bsky.social was recently featured in @npr.org, discussing a "mindset shift about what stimulants are doing for people" and how we understand ADHD medications.

Explore the full story and Dr. Manza’s insights here: www.npr.org/sections/sho....

#InTheNews #ICYMI

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🆕 @petemanza.bsky.social, Mimi Belcher and Sarah Kattakuzhy are among the authors of a study published in @ajdaajournal.bsky.social that shows promising results for using ketamine to treat #OUD in patients w/ co-occurring depression.

🔗 Learn more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Introduction to Ernie Graham

In this #MeetTheMinds, we're introducing you to Community Advisor Ernie Graham! Ernie is instrumental in raising public awareness around our mission.

Here's a slam-dunk fact about Ernie: he's a University of Maryland basketball legend! 🏀

Visit addiction.umaryland.edu for more.

Full book available here:
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New version of The Handbook of Dopamine is now online! An amazing resource.

Happy to have contributed a chapter with Nora Volkow - Human dopamine systems in addiction disorders

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Huge thanks to NIAAA IRP for their support!

Congratulations to Dr. @petemanza.bsky.social on becoming one of the newest @acnporg.bsky.social Associate Members! 🎉

#WelcomeToACNP👋

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Our #MeetTheMinds series is introducing the team at the Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine! Kynah Walston Jenkins helps keep the lab of Peter Manza, PhD, running smoothly by liaising with regulatory officials and assisting with protocol development.

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Neural basis for individual differences in the attention-enhancing effects of methylphenidate | PNAS Stimulant drugs that boost dopamine, like methylphenidate (MP), enhance attention and are effective treatments for attention-deficit hyperactivity ...

Our latest now out @pnas.org

Huge thanks to the team (a large group of fantastic post-bacs made this possible), NIAAA, and @kahlertumsom.bsky.social for support!

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Check out the amazing line up of speakers for the Catecholamines GRC! Apply for GRC www.grc.org/catecholamin... & GRS www.grc.org/catecholamin.... In these uncertain times we appreciate any donation to support the participants in the GRC my.grc.org/p/contributi... & GRS my.grc.org/p/contributi...

Wow, congrats!! Excited to dig into this one!!

Fantastic lineup of speakers here!!

Great new review from @renatamarchette.bsky.social on dynorphin/opioid receptor signaling and their relevance for opioid addiction treatment!

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Congrats Lauren! Fantastic!!

Hi #ACNP2024, I'm a research fellow at NIAAA (and incoming faculty at U Maryland School of Medicine!) -- I do clinical trials paired with brain imaging to develop new therapies for addiction.

Come see my poster T22 tonight!

Study design features increase replicability in brain-wide association studies - Nature Optimizing study design is critical for increasing standardized effect sizes and replicability, and the features that increase replicability in cross-sectional and longitudinal brain-wide association ...

✨Our paper is out in Nature today! ✨
In this work, we investigated how we can leverage study designs to improve the replicability of brain-wide association studies (BWAS)

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I'd love to be added - thanks for doing this!

Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede

Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky
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We ran out of space in the first Addiction science starter pack so heres a second one! go.bsky.app/GQ31XUx