Addiction Neuroscience (PSY-0220)

Fall 2026 · PSY 0220 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Neurobiological bases of substance misuse and addiction through lectures and discussions of scholarly articles on neurotransmitter systems, neuroplasticity and allostasis, neuroanatomical regions and circuits, genetics and epigenetics, and environmental factors and co-morbid disorders. Research methods used in human and animal studies and applications of findings to treatment and prevention strategies.

Course codes: PSY-0220, PSY 0220, PSY0220, PSY-220, PSY 220, PSY220

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