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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) <https://www.ninds.nih.gov/>
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 17, 2019
CONTACT: NINDS Press Team, (301) 496-5751, <e-mail:nindspressteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
NIH DIRECTORS ADDRESS BRAIN HOT TOPICS AT ANNUAL SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE MEETING
WHAT:
On Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 at a press conference at the Society for Neuroscience's annual Meeting, National Institutes of Health directors will discuss the most exciting and significant brain-related research coming out of their institutes.
The directors will present a range of research and initiatives including discussion of the astounding number of research tools produced by the BRAIN Initiative in its first five years; neuroethical implications and considerations in cutting-edge neuroscience research; updates on large brain development studies in healthy children and those affected by the opioid crisis; research to better understand the structure and function of all cells in human and rodent brains; how alcohol use disorder affects the brain's immune system and the role of alcohol in "deaths of despair;" a collaboration with Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services to investigate acupuncture as potential treatment of chronic low back pain in older adults; science that is advancing knowledge of the brain cannabinoid system and its involvement in pain; and NIH efforts to advance knowledge of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
There will also be a brief overview of the NIH HEAL Initiative, which recently funded $945 million of research awards.
A question and answer session will follow the directors' remarks.
WHO
The following NIH leaders will be available for interviews:
--Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D., Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), moderator
--Nora Volkow, M.D., Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
--Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
--George Koob, Ph.D., Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
--David Shurtleff, Ph.D., Deputy Director, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
--Eliezer Masliah, M.D., Director, Division of Neuroscience at the National Institute on Aging (NIA)
If you are planning to attend or have any questions, please contact the NINDS Press Team at nindspressteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; 301-496-5751
WHEN
3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. CDT, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019; McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, Room S501D.
The press conference will be livestreamed to media who have registered through the Society for Neuroscience: media@xxxxxxx.
For more information:
www.nih.gov
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