Videos

Differences in Why Men and Women Use Drugs

 |  Rajita Sinha discusses the importance of considering sex and gender differences while studying the causes and treatment of substance use disorders, including the differences between sex and gender.

Men and Women in Response to Stress

 |  Rajita Sinha discusses the importance of considering sex and gender differences while studying the causes and treatment of substance use disorders, including the differences between sex and gender.

What About Treating Addiction?

 |  Rajita Sinha discusses the importance of considering sex and gender differences while studying the causes and treatment of substance use disorders, including the differences between sex and gender.

Investigating Drug Use: Brain Imaging

 |  Thomas Ross, staff scientist in the Neuroimaging Research Branch at the NIDA, uses brain imaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate issues in drug abuse.

Investigating Drug Use: Brain Neurons

 |  Carl Lupica, Chief of the Electrophysiology Research Section at NIDA, primarily works with brain slices obtained from animals that have either acutely or chronically been exposed to abused drugs.