{"id":18115,"date":"2022-02-22T17:13:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T22:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=18115"},"modified":"2023-09-26T11:16:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T15:16:30","slug":"valentina-sabino-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/profile\/valentina-sabino-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentina Sabino, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Research Interests<\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Sabino is co-director of the Laboratory of Addictive Disorders, and is currently researching the neurobiology of addiction and stress-related disorders. Studies on addiction aim to understand the neurobiological substrates of alcohol abuse and dependence by exploring the role of neurochemical systems in excessive alcohol drinking.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sabino is working toward the development of new therapeutic agents to alleviate alcohol addiction. Animal models for excessive drinking are studied in order to identify compounds for potential clinical development. Research is also conducted on the neurobiology of stress-related disorders such as anxiety and depression.<\/p>\n<p>The approach of the laboratory is interdisciplinary, involving behavioral neuroscience, neuropharmacology, neuroanatomy, biochemistry and molecular biology.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sabino 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 giving emphasis on how behavioral studies can assist in our understanding of mental disorders.<\/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><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Valentina.Sabino\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Publications<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/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;\"><\/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>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>BUSM Researchers Discover Possible Mechanism for Anxiety and Depression<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/2013\/05\/09\/busm-researchers-discover-possible-mechanism-for-anxiety-and-depression\/\" title=\"BUSM Researchers Discover Possible Mechanism for Anxiety and Depression\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/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\/18115"}],"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":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/18115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19602,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/18115\/revisions\/19602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}