“The
Pearson Centre for Alcoholism and Addiction Research was established
in 2003 through the generosity of a multi-million dollar gift and is
supported through the generosity of individual, corporate and public
donors. It combines the latest biomedical research with new clinical
treatment studies to fight the devastating, costly, and deadly
disease of alcohol and drug addiction.
Alcoholism
and addiction are diseases of the spirit, behaviour and brain.
Traditional treatment involves group therapy and other forms of
counselling to empower the spirit and address destructive behaviours.
However, the physiology of the brain is often ignored.
The
Pearson Centre, located on The Scripps Research Institute campus in
La Jolla, is complementing and reinforcing traditional treatments by
focusing on the physiological changes in the brain that drive
excessive drinking and drug use that creates vulnerability to relapse
in early recovery. Researchers are studying the viability of using
new compounds, designed at the institute and elsewhere, to modulate
the neurological effects of alcohol and other substances of abuse,
reduce excessive intake, and prevent relapse by normalizing the brain
during an alcoholic's or addict's recovery. The prospects for
enhancing traditional treatment of alcoholism, addiction and relapse
through pharmaceuticals have never been more promising.
The
Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, is a world leader
in the biomedical science of alcoholism, addiction, and the brain,
and it provides a fertile environment for breakthroughs that will
alleviate the suffering of addicted individuals and support their
recovery. To-date researchers at the institute have:
- Identified a large part of the neurocircuitry involved in the reinforcing action of alcohol and other substances of abuse.
- Began to identify how this circuitry changes when a person transitions from social use to abuse and dependence.
- Established several working laboratory models that mimic this transition for use in pre-clinical and clinical studies of the efficacy of potential therapeutics.
- Developed the infrastructure to conduct clinical trials for developing ground breaking therapies for alcoholism and addiction”
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