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2011:

  1. Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 Episode 1
    Charlie Rose Brain Series 2 Episode 1

    with Cornelia Bargmann, Nora Volkow, Gerald Fischbach and more on Nov 3, 2011

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    55 min
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  2. Charlie Rose Science: One Question, Part 2
    Charlie Rose Science: One Question, Part 2

    with Wolfram Schultz, Kay Redfield Jamison, Stephen Warren and more on Apr 3, 2011

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    16 min
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2010:

  1. A Rebroadcast of Charlie Rose Brain Series Episode Seven (Originally aired 04/21/10)
    A Rebroadcast of Charlie Rose Brain Series Episode Seven...

    with Nora Volkow, Wolfram Schultz, Eric Kandel and more on Aug 31, 2010

    Duration
    60 min
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    4 comments
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  2. The Emotional and Vulnerable Brain
    The Emotional and Vulnerable Brain

    with Nora Volkow, Wolfram Schultz, Eric Kandel and more on Apr 21, 2010

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    60 min
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    19 comments
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2006:

  1. Part One of the Charlie Rose Science Series: From Freud to the mysteries of the human brain
    Part One of the Charlie Rose Science Series: From Freud...

    with Steven Roose, Nancy Kanwisher, Eric Kandel and more on Oct 31, 2006

    Duration
    51 min
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    12 comments
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Nora D. Volkow, M.D. is the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Before assuming this position on May 1, 2004, Dr. Volkow was Associate Director for Life Sciences at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Director of Nuclear Medicine at BNL and Director of the NIDA-Department of Energy Regional Neuroimaging Center at BNL. She was also Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook and Associate Dean for the Medical School at SUNY-Stony Brook.

Dr. Volkow received her M.D. in 1981 from the National University of Mexico, in Mexico City, Mexico, and performed her residency in psychiatry at New York University.

Her main area of interest is the investigation of the mechanisms underlying the reinforcing, addictive and toxic properties of drugs of abuse in the human brain. Dr. Volkow was the first to use imaging to investigate the neurochemical changes in the human brain that occur during drug addiction. Her studies have documented a decrease in function of the dopamine system in addicted subjects that is associated with a disruption in function of frontal brain regions involved in motivation and drive.

Dr. Volkow was named Innovator of the Year in 2000 by U.S. News and World Report.

Source - http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/forum/chairs/NoraVolkowbio.htm