Dr. Igor Grant IRFN (R25) Lecture: HIV, Substance Abuse, and the Brain

Igor Grant, M.D.
(Feb 2012)

TMARC investigators presented the following abstracts at the 40th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on February 15-18, 2012.

1. Kamat R, Marcotte T, Deutsch R, Umlauf A, Woods SP, Heaton RK, Atkinson JH, Ellis RJ, Grant I, and the HNRP Group. (2012). The effect of apathy on medication adherence in HIV+ persons with a history of Methamphetamine Dependence.
2. Weber E, Blackstone KB, Iudicello JE, Morgan EE, Grant I, Moore DJ, Woods SP, and the TMARC Group. (2012). Neurocognitive deficits are associated with risk of unemployment among methamphetamine dependent adults.

The article "AIDS: 30 Years of progress and promise assisted by La Jolla researchers"  includes references to several La Jolla-based UCSD HIV/AIDS researchers and research programs, including Dr. Igor Grant and the Translational Methamphetamine AIDS Research center (TMARC), with general descriptions of the state of AIDS research 30 years into the epidemic.

To Cite:
Friedmann, L. (2011, Nov. 30). AIDS: 30 years of progress and promise assisted by La Jolla researchers. La Jolla Light.

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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and methamphetamine (METH) dependence are independently associated with neuronal dysfunction. The coupling between cerebral blood flow (CBF) and neuronal activity is the basis of many task-based functional neuroimaging techniques. We examined the interaction between HIV infection and a previous history of METH dependence on CBF within the lenticular nuclei (LN).