Yavin Shaham
Branch Chief
Behavioral Neuroscience Branch
National Institute on Drug Abuse
United States of America
Biography
Yavin Shaham, Ph.D., Senior Investigator Branch Chief, Behavioral Neuroscience Branch Section Chief, Neurobiology of Relapse Section Ph.D. - 1992, Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland M.A. - 1988, Psychology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel B.S. - 1986, Biology & Psychology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Research Interest
We use rat models to study the cellular and neuroanatomical mechanisms that underlie relapse to drug and aggression seeking (Yavin Shaham group). We also study neurophysiological mechanisms of addictive drugs and motivated behavior (Eugene Kiyatkin group).
Publications
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Kiyatkin EA, Kim AH, Wakabayashi KT, Baumann MH, Shaham Y. Critical role of peripheral vasoconstriction in fatal brain hyperthermia induced by MDMA (Ecstasy) under conditions that mimic human drug use. Journal of Neuroscience. 2014 Jun 4;34(23):7754-62.
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Marchant NJ, Khuc TN, Pickens CL, Bonci A, Shaham Y. Context-induced relapse to alcohol seeking after punishment in a rat model. Biological psychiatry. 2013 Feb 1;73(3):256-62.
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Bossert JM, Adhikary S, Laurent RS, Marchant NJ, Wang HL, Morales M, Shaham Y. Role of projections from ventral subiculum to nucleus accumbens shell in context-induced reinstatement of heroin seeking in rats. Psychopharmacology. 2016 May 1;233(10):1991-2004.
