FAU neuroscientist receives NIH grant to study amphetamine effects on the brain
Lucia Carvelli, Ph.D., associate professor of neuroscience at Florida Atlantic University's Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College and a member of the FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute, has received a $571,675 grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance critical research into how amphetamines affect brain function. Her work could pave the way for new therapies targeting substance use disorders and dopamine-related neurological conditions such as ADHD.
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