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The New Neurobiology Of Addiction

Preventive Medicine Lecture Featuring Petros Levounis, MD, MA

Aired 11/07/2019

WVIA Special Presentations

The New Neurobiology Of Addiction

Season 2019 Episode 10 | 55m 24sVideo has Closed Captions

Preventive Medicine Lecture Featuring Petros Levounis, MD, MA

Learn about "The New Neurobiology of Addiction" featuring Petros Levounis, MD, MA, professor and chair, Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and chief of service, University Hospital. According to Dr. Levounis, "From a neurobiological perspective, addiction can be seen as the hijacking of the pleasure-reward pathways of the brain with a concomitant weakening of its executive

Aired 11/07/2019

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WVIA Special Presentations is a local public television program presented by WVIA

WVIA Special Presentations

The New Neurobiology Of Addiction

Season 2019 Episode 10 | 55m 24sVideo has Closed Captions

Learn about "The New Neurobiology of Addiction" featuring Petros Levounis, MD, MA, professor and chair, Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and chief of service, University Hospital. According to Dr. Levounis, "From a neurobiological perspective, addiction can be seen as the hijacking of the pleasure-reward pathways of the brain with a concomitant weakening of its executive

Aired 11/07/2019

Problems with Closed Captions? Closed Captioning Feedback

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