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INSTITUTO DE DROGAS Y CONDUCTAS ADICTIVAS (IDYCA). Prof. Dr. Fco. Javier Romero. San Antonio, Texas, October 11, 2004. IDYCA. IDYCA stands for Institute of Drug Abuse and Addictive Behaviors in Spanish, and it is a Center which depends on the
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INSTITUTO DE DROGAS Y CONDUCTAS ADICTIVAS (IDYCA) Prof. Dr. Fco. Javier Romero San Antonio, Texas, October 11, 2004
IDYCA IDYCA stands for Institute of Drug Abuse and Addictive Behaviors in Spanish, and it is a Center which depends on the University Cardenal Herrera – CEU of Valencia, with funding from the local government, namely the Consellería de Sanidad de la Comunidad Valenciana (Regional Valencian Government)
It is dedicated mainly to scientific, technical and social research in all the areas related with drug abuse and addictive behaviors, and besides all the activities of formation and technical assistance which could be developed in each particular area.
IDYCA THE MAIN OBJECTIVES: to foster, coordinate and develop scientific, technical, legal and formative activities at the University Cardinal Herrera – CEU, with the purpose of helping to achieve a better knowledge about drug abuse and all the different aspects related with it, namely about health, culture and legal and social areas.
Goals of the Institute: - Fostering, coordinating and developing research projects and activities related with innovation, research and development in collaboration with private companies (in the field of pharmaceuticals, medicine, food and health in general) and with the Federal Agencies, to foster scientific and technical counselling services to these entities.
Goals of the Institute Fostering and developing activities for the training of scientific and technical staff in the different fields of intervention on drug prevention programs. Fostering the distribution and information together with the communication and use of the scientific discoveries in the field of drug abuse. The Institute will promote collaborative efforts in the scientific and technical areas nationally and internationally with other research centers, not only university related ones but also others both of public and private nature.
Research Projects Currently there are three Research Projects • Effect of alcohol on nervous tissue. • Effect of ecstasy on the nervous tissue. • Neurobiology and Neuroimage on human population addict to cocaine.
Research Projects Currently there are three main Research Projects • Effect of alcohol on nervous tissue
INTOXICACIÓN ALCOHÓLICA AGUDA
Etanol 2000 x 2000 x
RETINA ALCOHOL CRÓNICO Control Etanol Inmunohistoquimia de Bcl-2
Control Ethanol Ebselen Ebselen+ethanol 6 semanas alcohol a b DG DG d c DG DG E F BrdU positive cells in the DG * # cells/mm2 # picnotic nuclei/section * Control Ethanol Ebselen Ebselen+ethanol Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100, 7919-7924 (2003)
Research Projects Currently there are three Research Projects 2. Effect of ecstasy on the nervous tissue. Direct actions related with its metabolization and influence on neurogenesis.
Efecto del MDMA sobre la proliferación: estudio con BrdU Control MDMA
Research Projects Currently there are three Research Projects 3. Neurobiology and Neuroimage on human population. Study of the activation of different cerebral nuclei with conditioned stimuli, measured with magnetic resonance in populations with different levels of addiction to cocaine (1st phase of the study).
IDYCA, works also in social projects, together with FSD,Fundación SIDA y Drogas,...