Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine (UMR5287)

Aquitaine Institute for Cognitive and Integrative Neuroscience



INCIA - UMR 5287- CNRS
Université de Bordeaux

Zone nord Bat 2 2ème étage
146, rue Léo Saignat
33076 Bordeaux cedex
France

Téléphone 05.57.57.15.51
Télécopie 05.56.90.14.21

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CNRS Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes Université de Bordeaux

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Ahmed Serge

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DR CNRS

Contact:
serge.ahmed@u-bordeaux.fr

+33 (0)5 57 57 15 54

Site : Carreire

Team:
Choice, Addiction and Neurodysfunction

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ORCID: 0000-0002-1225-9234

Domain:

Addiction / Neuropsychopharmacology / Behavioral Neuroscience / Experimental Psychology

Research axis:

  • Experimental study of addiction using an animal model approach
  • Environmental, psychological, and neurobiological determinants of the hallmark stages and behavioral features of addiction, including: escalation of drug use which is a hallmark of the transition to addiction; individual drug preferences; loss of control under the influence; craving; and vulnerability to relapse

Scientific expertise:

  • Operant and Pavlovian conditioning technologies
  • Behavioral economics, choice and decision-making procedures
  • PK/PD modeling of drug self-administration
  • Conception, development, and validation of addiction models in animals
  • Conceptual analysis of addiction theories

Projects:

  • Psychological and neurobiological mechanisms involved in choice between drug and nondrug rewards
  • Psychological and neurobiological mechanisms involved in loss of control under the drug influence
  • Psychological and neurobiological mechanisms involved in drug intake escalation

Funding:

  • CNRS / Université de Bordeaux
  • INCa-IReSP (2023-2026), (PI), Validation d’un modèle animal de polyconsommation d’alcool et de cocaïne.
  • ANR PRC (2020-2024), (PI), Cocaine users under the influence: processes and mechanisms.

Selected publications: