Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy
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Marlene Oscar Berman

Professor Emerita at Boston University, & and Research Scientist at VA Boston Healthcare

Biography

Marlene is a Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, and a Research Career Scientist at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System at Boston University. She has studied many neurobehavioral disorders, but most work has involved brain mechanisms underlying impairments in chronic alcoholics with and without Korsakoff’s syndrome. The work has been funded by NIAAA (since 1981) and the VA (since 1970), and awards from Sigma Xi, the Fulbright Foundation, the MA Neuropsychological Society, the Research Society on Alcoholism. She has been a mentor to nearly 100 talented students and an author on more than 200 professional publications.

Publications

Neurophysiological Measures and Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD): Hypothesizing Links between Clinical Severity Index and Molecular Neurobiological Patterns

Background: In 1987, Cloninger proposed a clinical description and classification of different personality traits genetically defined and independent from each other. Moreover, he elaborated a specific test the TCI to investigate these traits/states. The study of craving in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) assumed a greater significance, since ever more ... Read More»

Mario Vitali, Carmen Napolitano, Marlene Oscar Berman, Simona Flamminii Minuto, Gemma Battagliese, Maria Luisa Attilia, Eric R Braverman, Marina Romeo, Kenneth Blum and Mauro Ceccanti

Research Article: J Addict Res Ther 2014, 5: 181

DOI: 10.4172/2155-6105.1000181

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