{"id":17883,"date":"2022-01-27T17:57:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T22:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=17883"},"modified":"2023-09-26T11:08:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T15:08:30","slug":"pietro-cottone-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/profile\/pietro-cottone-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Pietro Cottone, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Research Interests<\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Cottone is co-director of the Laboratory of Addictive Disorders. Dr. Cottone\u2019s research interests focus on the neurobiological substrates of motivated behaviors including feeding and addiction. The major goal of Dr. Cottone\u2019s research is identifying the biological bases of and potential treatments for eating disorders and obesity. Current studies concern the role of stress in compulsive eating and palatable food dependence. Areas of focused research include the investigation of the neurobiological bases of stress-related disorders such as anxiety and depression. Dr. Cottone\u2019s studies are carried out on environmental and genetic animal models, using behavioral, biochemical, and molecular approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Cottone co-directs a graduate course in neuropsychopharmacology offered for the first time in Fall 2010 which examines the interaction between behavior and classes of drugs that affect the central nervous system.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/training-program\/laboratories\/lad\/\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Lab Page<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Pietro.Cottone\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Publications<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Recent News<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/2019\/08\/14\/drs-pietro-cottone-and-valentina-sabino-become-u-s-citizens-dr-cottone-records-album-shares-perspective-in-the-boston-globe-and-bu-today\/\">Drs. Pietro Cottone and Valentina Sabino become U.S. citizens. Dr. Cottone Records Album\/Shares Perspective in the Boston Globe and BU Today.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/2017\/06\/21\/dr-pietro-cottone-speaks-at-the-royal-societys-of-mice-and-mental-health-facilitating-dialogue-between-basic-and-clinical-neuroscientists\/\">Neurobiology of Compulsive Eating <\/a>Presentation at The Royal Society&#8217;s &#8220;Of mice and mental health: facilitating dialogue between basic and clinical neuroscientists.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>PsychCentral. New\u00a0Pharmacological Approach for\u00a0Binge Eating. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/2016\/10\/07\/the-laboratory-of-addictive-disorders-identifies-new-approach-to-block-binge-eating\/\">Laboratory of Addictive Disorders <\/a>identify new therapeutic approach.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/2014\/05\/05\/study-shows-that-impulsivity-is-risk-factor-for-food-addiction\/\">Boston University School of Medicine<\/a>. Researchers\u00a0in the Laboratory of Addictive Disorders have discovered that impulsivity is a risk factor for food addiction . Results of the study, published online in\u00a0<em>Neuropsychopharmacology\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/npp\/journal\/vaop\/naam\/abs\/npp201498a.html\" title=\"High Trait Impulsivity Predicts Food Addiction-Like Behavior in the Rat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>, suggest that impulsivity promotes pathological overeating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\" http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2014\/05\/140506142157.htm\">Sciencedaily<\/a>: Impulsivity is a risk factor for food addition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/05\/13\/impulsive-behavior-food-addiction_n_5312094.html\">Huffington Post<\/a>: Could Impulsive Behavior Lead to Food Addiction?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/2012\/10\/19\/angelo-blasio-presents-at-annual-sfn-meeting-addiction-drug-could-curb-binge-eating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Laboratory of Addictive Disorders in the news at SfN<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"author":15890,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/17883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15890"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/17883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19599,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/17883\/revisions\/19599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}