The Baltimore Biomedical Research Center
The NIDA IRP is organized into the following Branches and Sections with support provided by Administrative Management staff and Core Facilities.
Office of the Scientific Director
- Animal Care and Use Program
- Designer Drug Research Unit
- NIDA IRP Technology Development
- Women Science Advisors
- Office of Education and Career Development
Office of the Clinical Director
Administrative Management Branch
- Administration
- Biomedical Informatics Section
- Occupational Health & Safety
- Procurement
- Shipping and Receiving
- Visual Media
Cellular Neurobiology Research Branch
- Behavioral Neurophysiology Neuroscience Section
- Synaptic Plasticity Section
- Electrophysiology Research Section
- Neuronal Circuits and Behavior Unit
Molecular Neuropsychiatry Research Branch
Molecular Targets and Medications Discovery Branch
- Medicinal Chemistry Section
- Addiction Biology Unit
- Integrative Neurobiology Section
- Drug Design and Synthesis Section
- Neuropsychopharmacology Section
- Computational Chemistry and Molecular Biophysics Unit
- Medication Development Program
Neuroimaging Research Branch
- Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychopharmacology Section
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Section
- Preclinical (Translational) Imaging Unit
- Biobehavioral Imaging and Molecular Neuropsychopharmacology Unit
Behavioral Neuroscience Research Branch
- Neurobiology of Relapse Section
- Neurocircuitry of Motivation Section
- Preclinical Pharmacology Section
- Neuronal Ensembles in Drug Addiction
- Neural Engineering Unit
Integrative Neuroscience Research Branch
- Neuronal Networks Section
- Cellular Pathobiology Section
- Behavioral Neuroscience Section
- Neurobiology of Addiction Section
- Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Stress and Inflammation Section
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Research Branch
Core Facilities
- Electron Microscopy Core
- Genetic Engineering and Viral Vector Core
- Histology Core
- Optogenetics and Transgenic Technology Core
- Structural Biology Core
