"Most people think that research is boring, this is your chance to prove them wrong" Joseph Palamar #CPDD19

It is not just enough to do the sex compairson, hormonal cycling must be included or effects may be hidden. #CPDD10

Rodent model of ADHD symptomatology shows methylphenidate treatment in the adolecent period lead to faster acquisition of cocaine self administration than untreated controls Dr. Kathleen Kantak #CPDD19

Those who have ADHD are more likely to have substance use disorder and those who have substance use disorders are more likely to have ADHD Dr. Frances Levin #CPDD19

C. Wallin Chela Wallin, M.A. will be presenting data about exposure to #buprenorphine before, during and after gestation and the acute and long term effects on maternal and pup behavior in a preclinical model. This will be at 4:45 in the Animal House session #CPDD19

Great job this afternoon by my student, Chela Wallin who presented her research on buprenorphine exposure in rats before and during pregnancy - showing high exposure can have detrimental effects on dams and pups. Chela Wallin, M.A. #CPDD19, Wayne State Psychology

Male rats trained with self-admiration of morphine for 60 days prior to mateing with drug naive females results in male offspring (f1) that have higher rates of self administration for morphine than offspring from a saline exposed father #CPDD19

I wish people knew academics make $0 from the sale of their articles. Occasionally I get an apologetic email from someone who wants my paper and feels bad they can't pay to download. I'm happy to send PDFs. I gain nothing from the paywall. #PhDchat #AcademicTwitter #PostDocLife

Higher levels of testosterone predict likelihood of partnering and fatherhood but fatherhood leads to a difference in testostarone; ~ 25% decrease for married father's compared to a ~2% decline for single non-fathers. This might have impacts on childcare behavior #ISDP2019

After 29 vaping deaths there was a CDC task force to investigate. There have been many more deaths associated with opioid tapering but there is still no investigation. - Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc #AMERSA2019

New pathways in brain's amygdala discovered Study provides evidence of the existence of a long-rage inhibitory pathway from the auditory cortex to the amygdala in the brains of mice. neurosciencenews.com/amygdala-pathw…

Here is Quentin (7wks) decked out with some Wayne State wear and my Doctoral Tam for Wayne State Giving Day #GiveGreenBeGold