Elise M. Weerts

Nov 26, 2024 | nature.com | Elise M. Weerts

Klaus Miczek was born in Germany and earned his BA degree at the Padagogische Hochschule-Berlin in 1966. He completed his graduate training at the University of Chicago, Illinois, where he began studying aggressive behavior and operant models of conditioned aversion under the mentorship of Sebastian P. Grossman. After receiving his PhD in 1972, he accepted a faculty position at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he was an Assistant and then Associate Professor.

Sep 10, 2024 | nature.com | Catherine Moore |Elise M. Weerts

AbstractThe neurohormone oxytocin (OT) has been proposed as a treatment for alcohol and nicotine use disorders. The aim of the present study was to examine whether intravenous (IV) OT decreases alcohol oral self-administration and consumption in nonhuman primates under a 6-h alcohol access procedure as well as alcohol and nicotine (IV) self-administration under 6-h concurrent access conditions.