# Discovery and Characterization of Genetic Mechanisms Driving Stress-induced Addiction Vulnerability

> **NIH NIH R00** · MARSHALL UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $248,983

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
Drug addiction is a critical public health issue with genetic and environmental causes. Worldwide, 246 million
adults used an illicit drug in 2013, and > 10% of these users met DSM-IV criteria for substance abuse. Stress
is a key environmental variable driving the development of addiction, and this effect is under strong genetic
control. Despite tremendous

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10433982
- **Project number:** 5R00DA043573-05
- **Recipient organization:** MARSHALL UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Price Evans Dickson
- **Activity code:** R00 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $248,983
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-07-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10433982

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10433982, Discovery and Characterization of Genetic Mechanisms Driving Stress-induced Addiction Vulnerability (5R00DA043573-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10433982. Licensed CC0.

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