A University of Cambridge Professor of Neuroscience is addressing the world’s largest and most influential gathering of neuroscientists today (Monday 4 November). Professor Barry Everitt of the University’s Department of Experimental Psychology is presenting a lecture at the Society for Neuroscience’s 32nd annual meeting in Florida.
A University of Cambridge Professor of Neuroscience is addressing the world’s largest and most influential gathering of neuroscientists today (Monday 4 November). Professor Barry Everitt of the University’s Department of Experimental Psychology is presenting a lecture at the Society for Neuroscience’s 32nd annual meeting in Florida.
The Society for Neuroscience is an American non-profit organisation of international scientists and physicians who study the brain and nervous system. It includes the study of brain development, sensation and perception, learning and memory, movement, stress and sleep, along with neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Formed in 1970 it now has over 30,000 members whose primary goal is to promote the exchange of information among researchers. This year’s annual meeting will see over 13,000 presentations between 2 and 7 November.
Professor Everitt will be presenting his special lecture today entitled ‘Neural and Psycological mechanisms underlying drug addiction: The impact of learning and prospects for treatment.’
He proposes that environmental stimuli associated with drugs through Pavlovian conditioning can elicit drug craving in human addicts and control compulsive drug seeking and relapse in humans and animals. The lecture will explore the neural basis of the aberrant learning that contributes to drug addiction and the potential for novel treatments.
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