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Sticking with Bad Choices: UP Researchers Discover New Harms of Solvent Abuse

by adminPress 12/18/202405/20/2025Comments are Disabled

In a scientific article published today, researchers at the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila found that solvents abused by adolescents increase drug-seeking and impair social functions and decision-making abilities in an animal model. These harmful effects last long after stopping the drug, increasing the risk of relapse. Using rats to study addiction is a …

PCHRD, NIH unveil Addiction Neuroscience Research Project at Society for Neuroscience Conference

by adminAnnouncements, Press 12/29/202303/31/2025Comments are Disabled

The first addiction neuroscience research project, funded by the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) and implemented by the UP National Institutes of Health, was proudly presented at the 53rd Annual Neuroscience Conference by the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) in Washington, DC from November 11 to 16, …

DOST funds studies on treatment of addiction and depression in newly renovated UP NIH Animal Laboratory Facility

by adminAnnouncements, Press 01/27/202303/31/2025Comments are Disabled

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) funded two behavioral studies for treating addiction and depression in the newly renovated animal laboratory facility at the National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines (UP) Manila. The facility was presented to DOST after a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony on January 27, 2023. DOST Secretary Renato U. Solidum …