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UCSF Gallo scientists show that drinking releases brain endorphins: study offers possible clue to why alcohol is addicting |
Jennifer Whistler, PhD, receives $825,500 research award from Novo Nordisk |
FDA-Approved drug might prevent relapse in male alcoholics |
Wilbrecht receives Presidential Early Career Award |
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Drinking alcohol leads to the release of endorphins in areas of the brain that produce feelings of pleasure and reward, according to a study led by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center. |
Jennifer Whistler, PhD, a principal investigator at the UCSF Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, has received a two-year, $825,500 Diabetes Innovation Award from Novo Nordisk, an international health care company based in Denmark. |
Mifepristone, a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for terminating early pregnancy, might prove effective in preventing stress-induced relapse in recovering male alcoholics, based on findings in rats reported by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco. |
Linda Wilbrecht, PhD, director of the Wilbrecht Lab at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco, is one of 85 researchers named by President Obama as a 2010 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). |
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