Dr.chitra Mandyam
Professor
Neuroscience
The Scripps Research University
France
Biography
Professor, Skaggs school of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, UCSDMember,Graduate program in neurosciences. Ph.D., Neuropharmacology, University of Houston. Professional experience beginned from Scripps university as a research associate and continued as professor and a well known researcher who has obtained many publications and awards for the work and research in neuroscience and molecular biology.
Research Interest
Mainly focused to determine if and how newly born cells in the mPFC and SGZ are affected by drugs of abuse.Compulsive intake or escalation of intravenous drug self-administration is observed in rodents with extended access to many drugs of abuse.Findings to improve the understanding of the complex mechanisms by which psychostimulants affect brain function and may help generate better therapies to treat methamphetamine addiction.
