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@petemanza.bsky.social

Clinical neuroscientist testing new therapies for addiction! Assistant Prof., Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine, U Maryland School of Medicine

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πŸ†• @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.

πŸ”— Learn more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#AddictionSci

25.09.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Introduction to Ernie Graham

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! πŸ€

Visit addiction.umaryland.edu for more.

20.08.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience | Volume 32: The Handbook of Dopamine | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier Read the latest chapters of Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

Full book available here:
www.sciencedirect.com/handbook/han...

05.08.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Huge thanks to NIAAA IRP for their support!

05.08.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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

#WelcomeToACNPπŸ‘‹

22.07.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Graphic introducing Kynah

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.

@petemanza.bsky.social

26.06.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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!

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

25.03.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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...

20.03.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

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

12.02.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic lineup of speakers here!!

11.02.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Dynorphin/-Opioid Receptor System at the Interface of Hyperalgesia/Hyperkatifeia and Addiction

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

rdcu.be/d8JDj

05.02.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats Lauren! Fantastic!!

09.01.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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!

10.12.2024 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

28.11.2024 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

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

23.11.2024 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Like β€˜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 β€˜old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky
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20.11.2024 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

We ran out of space in the first Addiction science starter pack so heres a second one! go.bsky.app/GQ31XUx

16.11.2024 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 2

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