<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" style="" face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000">Tuesday Reflections presents Dr. Donald Slish, Professor in the Biology Department, speaking on "The Neurobiology of Opiate Addiction" on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 4:30pm in the Cardinal Lounge- Angell College Center.  Below is an abstract of Dr. Slish's presentation.  </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" style="" face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000">How does addiction to opiates happen?  Aside from the psychological and sociological explanations, our neurobiology predisposes us to repeat extremely pleasurable experiences.  This talk will discuss the role of the limbic system in the process of addiction, from the level of the neurotransmitters to changes in the wiring of the brain that lead to this destructive behavior. </font><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;display:inline-block;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:18px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:14px">CHRISTINA LAGREE</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">Administrative Assistant 1</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">Office of the Dean, School of Arts and Sciences</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">101 Broad Street<br style="background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin-bottom:0px">Plattsburgh, NY 12901</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word"><span style="background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word">(o) </span><a href="tel:+1-518-564-2180" title="Office Phone Number" style="background-color:transparent;line-height:inherit;color:rgb(200,16,46);background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin-bottom:0px;display:inline" target="_blank">518-564-</a>3150</div><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/" title="State University of New York at Plattsburgh Link" style="background-color:transparent;line-height:inherit;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin-bottom:0px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(200,16,46)" target="_blank">plattsburgh.edu</a></div><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><br style="background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-family:AvenirLT-Medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><img src="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/_images/about/suny-plattsburgh-email-logo.jpg" alt="State University of New York at Plattsburgh Logo" width="196" height="42" style="border-style:none;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;max-width:100%;height:auto;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;padding:0px;margin:10px 0px 0px;font-family:AvenirLT-Medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px"><br></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><b style="font-size:12.8px"><br></b></p></div></div><div><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>