Description
The Serge Ahmed’s laboratory is looking for a highly-motivated postdoctoral research fellow to study how individuals lose control over cocaine use when they are under the influence. This project will conducted in rats using a choice-based approach. Briefly, the objectives will be to define the long-term persistence, motivational robustness and drug specificity of the drug influence on choice, whether and how this influence can be manipulated and finally the neural mechanisms involved, with a specific focus on orbitofrontal inhibitory circuits. This project should contribute to resolve a long-standing theoretical debate in the field about the existence of genuine loss of control in addiction by redefining loss of control as a drug state-dependent behavioral feature and not as a constitutive individual trait, as commonly believed.
Qualified candidates should have obtained their PhD in neurosciences, pharmacology or related fields not more than within the last two years and would have a strong and extended expertise in operant behavior, specifically in the intravenous self-administration procedure in rat. This is a 30-months, full-time, contract position.
The laboratory is located on the Bordeaux Neurocampus. Starting date is January, 2020. Please send your application including a CV, brief statement of research interests, representative publications, and names of referees to Dr. Magalie Lenoir.
Job information
Employment start date: 2020-01-01
Contract length: 30 months
Institution: Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, University of Bordeaux
Contact information
Magalie Lenoir
Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives
Equipe Prise de décision pathologique dans l’addiction
Université de Bordeaux
CNRS UMR 5293
Zone Nord, Bat 1A – 3ème étage
146 rue Léo Saignat
33076 Bordeaux cedex
France
E-Mail : magalie.lenoir@u-bordeaux.fr
Website: https://www.imn-bordeaux.org/en/teams/pathological-decision-making-in-addiction/