Neuromodulation of Brain Circuits Implicated in Addiction
Claudia Beatriz Padula - Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences (Public Mental Health & Population Sciences)
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
The primary goal of the Padula BRAVE lab's research is to define emotion and reward circuits in men and women Veterans with AUD using well-established paradigms as subjects undergo functional magnetic resonance imaging, and determine the utility of emotion and reward circuits in predicting abstinence versus relapse, along with risk of relapse.