neuroimaging in study of alcoholism
Researchers from around the globe will gather at the Yale School of Medicine Saturday-Monday, Jan. 19-21 for a conference
on the latest discoveries on using neuroimaging in the study and treatment
of alcoholism.
Among the speakers at the Second International Conference on the Applications
of Neuroimaging to Alcoholism (ICANA) will be T.K. Li, director of the National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), which provides support for
the forum.
In addition to neuroimaging, the conference will focus on emerging topics within
the field, such as the relationship between the neural circuitry of reward
processes and the vulnerability to heavy drinking. Conference participants
also will discuss ways in which neuroimaging might provide biomarkers for treatment
studies.
ICANA was the first international meeting devoted to exploring the potential
contributions of neuroimaging technologies for understanding the neurobiology
and treatment of alcohol-related disorders. The initial meeting in 2004 drew
100 scientists who were invited from around the world for the intensive, three-day
think tank.
“Sufficient time has lapsed since the initial ICANA that there is a critical
mass of new knowledge with respect to neuroimaging technology and applications
to alcoholism that have not been digested by the field of alcoholism research,” says
Dr. John Krystal, the Robert L. McNeil Professor and deputy chair for research
in the Department of Psychiatry, and director of the NIAAA Center for the Translational
Neuroscience of Alcoholism. “We believe that the advances in the neuroimaging
of alcoholism may be a critical step for developing medications to treat alcoholism.”
The conference will take place in the Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar St. For more
information or to register, call (203) 974-7538 or (203) 937-4790, or send
e-mail to john.krystal@yale.edu.
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